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Tullianum Chamber in the Mamertine prison. By: Sam Redeker. Location. Northeast of Capitoline Hill. Origins. The prison was built by Ancus Marcius (640-616 BC) Two theories on name: Later expanded by Servius Tullius Was originally used to store water “Tullus” means “jet of water”
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Tullianum Chamber in the Mamertine prison. By: Sam Redeker
Location Northeast of Capitoline Hill
Origins • The prison was built by Ancus Marcius (640-616 BC) • Two theories on name: • Later expanded by Servius Tullius • Was originally used to store water • “Tullus” means “jet of water” • The whole prison was called the Mamertinus prison in Ancient Rome.
Significance/Use • People who were awaiting a trial or an execution would be held in the Mamertine • This would be considered the ‘state prison’ • They would then be executed in the Tullianum • Kings from other kingdoms would be executed in the Tullianum • A king called Jagurtha, King of Numidia was starved to death in the Tullianum
The Tullianum Today http://autrey.angelfire.com/mamertine_prison.htm http://www.rome-tour.co.uk/mamertine_prison.htm
The looks of Tullianum in the ancient Times http://marthamarks.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/carcer-tullianus/
Sources http://www.panoramicearth.com/326/Rome/Tullianum_in_the_Mamertine_Prison http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamertine_Prison http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforum/tullianum.html