Tullianum/ Mamertine

By: Mac RechanPeriod 3

Location

• The prison was located in the Roman Forum

• Lied upon the NE slope of the Capitoline Hill, directly facing the Curia

• Between the Tullianum and Tabularium was a flight of stairs leading to the Arx of the Capitoline.

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Origin

• The Tullianum prison was built by Ancus Marcius.

• It was constructed around the time of his reign, between 640-616 BCE.

• Originally, the the Tullianum was used as a cistern for a spring which was thought to be used to dispose of corpses.

• It is believed that the dungeon to the prison was later added by the ruler Servus Tullius.

Importance and use

• The prison was used as a place to hold previously condemned suspects until their eventual execution, which would take place in the Tullianum (dungeon of the prison).

• Prisoners held here were not held for long, as their stay in the prison was often short as they awaited trial or death.

• Located near the Roman courts, in order to make imprisonment more efficient and easier to manage.

As it exists today

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In Ancient Times

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Bibliography

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamertine_Prison

• http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforum/tullianum.html

• http://www.rome-tour.co.uk/mamertine_prison.htm

• http://www.panoramicearth.com/326/Rome/Tullianum%20in%20the%20Mamertine%20Prison