place
the Tullianum
also: Tullianum, the carcer, the prison
The lowest dungeon of Rome's state prison (the Carcer) at the foot of the Capitol, where condemned enemies of the state were strangled; Lentulus and the others died here.
Reading notes
- The Conspiracy of Catiline §55 the Tullianum
The underground death-cell of Rome's state prison (the Carcer) below the Capitol, where enemies of the state were strangled.