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-===Jacques-Louis David===+The '''Tarpeian Rock''' ([[Latin]], ''Rupes Tarpeia'' or ''Saxum Tarpeum'') was a steep cliff of the southern summit of the [[Capitoline Hill]], overlooking the [[Roman Forum]] in [[Ancient Rome]]. It was used during the [[Roman Republic]] as an execution site. [[Murder]]ers, [[treason|traitors]], [[Perjury|perjurors]], and larcenous [[slave]]s, if convicted by the ''quaestores parricidii'', were flung from the cliff to their deaths. Those who had a mental or significant physical [[disability]] also suffered the same fate as they were thought to have been cursed by the gods.
-[[Jacques-Louis David]] painted the other end of the story, when the women intervene to reconcile the warring parties. ''The Sabine Women Enforcing Peace by Running Between the Combatants'' (also known as '' [[The Intervention of the Sabine Women]] '') was completed in 1799. It is in the [[Louvre Museum]].+==See also==
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-David had worked on it from 1796, when France was at war with other European nations after a period of civil conflict culminating in the [[Reign of Terror]] and the [[Thermidorian Reaction]], during which David himself had been imprisoned as a supporter of [[Robespierre]]. After David’s estranged wife visited him in jail, he conceived the idea of telling the story, to honor his wife, with the theme being love prevailing over conflict. The painting was also seen as a plea for the people to reunite after the bloodshed of the revolution. +
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-The painting depicts Romulus's wife [[Hersilia]] the daughter of [[Titus Tatius]], leader of the Sabines — rushing between her husband and her father and placing her babies between them. A vigorous Romulus prepares to strike a half-retreating Tatius with his spear, but hesitates. Other soldiers are already sheathing their swords. +
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-The rocky outcrop in the background is the [[Tarpeian Rock]].+
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The Tarpeian Rock (Latin, Rupes Tarpeia or Saxum Tarpeum) was a steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, overlooking the Roman Forum in Ancient Rome. It was used during the Roman Republic as an execution site. Murderers, traitors, perjurors, and larcenous slaves, if convicted by the quaestores parricidii, were flung from the cliff to their deaths. Those who had a mental or significant physical disability also suffered the same fate as they were thought to have been cursed by the gods.

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