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Tarpeian

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Tar`pe´ian
a.1.Pertaining to or designating a rock or peak of the Capitoline hill, Rome, from which condemned criminals were hurled.


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We necessarily visited the Forum, where Caesar was assassinated, and also the Tarpeian Rock.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Manchegan Nero, look not down From thy Tarpeian Rock Upon this burning heart, nor add The fuel of thy wrath.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
There the Capitol thou seest, Above the rest lifting his stately head On the Tarpeian rock, her citadel Impregnable; and there Mount Palatine, The imperial palace, compass huge, and high The structure, skill of noblest architects, With gilded battlements, conspicuous far, Turrets, and terraces, and glittering spires.
Paradise Regained by Milton, John View in context
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