The Mamertine Prison (Italian: Carcere Mamertino), in antiquity the Tullianum, was a prison (carcer) with a dungeon (oubliette) located in the Comitium...

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...

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...

Vercingetorix's surrender much more modestly. Vercingetorix was imprisoned in the Tullianum in Rome for almost six years before being publicly displayed in the first...

Roman law. Incarceration (publica custodia) in facilities such as the Tullianum was intended to be a temporary measure prior to trial or execution. More...

arrested and forced to admit their guilt. He was put to death in the Tullianum on 5 December 63 BC, along with other senatorial supporters of Catiline...

Portico Dii Consentes Temple of Vespasian and Titus Temple of Concord Tullianum Clivus Argentarius Temple of Venus Erycina Temple of Mens (?) Temple of...

years until he was paraded through Rome and ceremonially garroted at the Tullianum in 46 BC. Having crushed the revolt, Caesar set his legions to winter...

support of the death penalty. Cicero had the conspirators taken to the Tullianum, the notorious Roman prison, where they were strangled. Cicero himself...

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...