- The
Mamertine Prison (Italian:
Carcere Mamertino), in
antiquity the
Tullianum, was a
prison (carcer) with a
dungeon (oubliette)
located in the Comitium...
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Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura were
strangled with a
laqueus in the
Tullianum, and the
implement is
shown in some
early reliefs, e.g., Répertoire de...
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through Rome as part of
Gaius Marius'
Roman triumph. He was
thrown into the
Tullianum prison,
where he was
executed by
strangulation in 104 BC. The Numidian...
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support of the
death penalty.
Cicero had the
conspirators taken to the
Tullianum, the
notorious Roman prison,
where they were strangled.
Cicero himself...
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Roman law.
Incarceration (publica custodia) in
facilities such as the
Tullianum was
intended to be a
temporary measure prior to
trial or execution. More...
- Vercingetorix's
surrender much more modestly.
Vercingetorix was
imprisoned in the
Tullianum in Rome for
almost six
years before being publicly displa**** in the first...
- the Senators).
After the verdict, they were led to
their deaths at the
Tullianum, the
nearby dungeon which was the only
known state prison of the ancient...
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Jugurtha paraded in chains. That same evening,
Jugurtha was
thrown into the
Tullianum prison,
where he soon died from cold and starvation.
After the
death of...
- low-status
prisoners such as slaves. They were
adjacent to or near the
Tullianum or Carcer,
forming with it a
penal complex that
included the Tarpeian...
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standard method of
execution in
ancient Rome was by
strangulation in the
Tullianum. The rock was
reserved for the most
notorious traitors and as a place...
