person
Tarpeia
also: the Sabine maid
The Roman maiden who betrayed the citadel to the Sabines for their golden bracelets and was crushed to death beneath their shields.
Reading notes
- The Loves §1.10 Sabine maid
Tarpeia, who betrayed Rome's citadel to the Sabines for their golden bracelets and was crushed beneath their shields.
- The Festivals §1 the fickle guard
Tarpeia, the Roman guard bribed with the Sabines' gold bracelets to open the citadel.
- Metamorphoses §14.467 Tarpeian way to the citadel
Tarpeia opened the Capitoline citadel to the Sabines and was crushed under the shields they threw on her -- 'a soul that deserved her punishment'; the Tarpeian Rock bears her name.