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The Prison Mamertino or Carcer Tullianum is the most ancient prison of Rome .

It is found to the of under of the church of S. Giuseppe of the Carpenters of the XVI century in an area of the Hole where, in Roman age, it is managed the justice. It is composed of two environments superimposed: the carcer (superior) and the Tullianum (inferior). The Tullianum was realized under Anco Marzio in the seventh century to. C. It is discussed of an environment to shape it move about realized in square work with blocks of peperino. The dimensions of the masonry made one think that originally should treat itself of a monumental fountain built around a source (tullus) cautious sacred. The Carcer realized in slower period, perhaps under Servius Cicero in the sixth century to. C. second Tito Livio, it is composed of an environment of plant trapezoid cover from time to barrel, built in square work with big red blocks of tufa (said "of the aniene") and yellow (said of "dark Cave"). A hole move about in the floor connects it visually to the Tullianum to which enters today means a modern staircase. The facade is composed from blocks bugnati in travertine. On the frame (partially original) the names I am carved of the you comfort C. Vibio Rufinio and M. Cocceio Nerve that intervennero on the monument to the beginnings of the first century d. C.. Likely it exists to the of under another more ancient facade built in blocks of tufa.

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A lot they are the eminent characters than here were shut away and lost yourselves the life for strangolamento or decapitation.

* Sicilian Erennio: friend of Cheerful Sempronio Gracco in 123 to. C. * Giugurta: King of the Numidia in 104 to. C. * Lentulo and Cetego: companions of Catilina in 60 to. C. * Vercingetorige: King of the Roosters in 46 to. C. * Simone of Giora: defender of Jerusalem 70 d. C

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They do not exist certain tests of the permanence of San Pietro and San Paolo. The tradition is however very ancient and the transformation of the prison in church ( church of San Pietro in prison) it is done to go back the fourth century d. C. to want of pope Silvestro I. The legend wants that S. Pietro, coming down in the Tullianum, cadde beating the head against the wall leaving in tal manner the actual imprint in the stone (from 1720 favorite from a grateful one). Shut away in the secret, together to lobbies followers, the two apostles fecero to spring miraculous a chicken of water and succeeded to convert and to christen the keepers of the prisons, I Try and Martiniano, martyrdoms to them time. The two apostles did not had been killed here because San Pietro was lead on the necks Vatican and San Paolo to the Waters Salvie.

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The Tullianum comes cited from a lot of authors of the antiquity.

* Calpurnio Flacco in the Recitations * Sallust in the Conspiracy of Catilina * Plutarco in Mario, 12 * Valerius Greatest in the Factorum et dictorum memorabilium you hover IX, 12, 6 writes <<Acer etiam et animosus uitae exitus Herenni Siculi, quo C. Gracchus et aruspice et amico usus fuerat: nam cum eo nomine in carcerem duceretur, in postem eius inliso capite in ipso ignominiae aditu concidit ac spiritum posuit, uno gradu a publico supplicio manuque carnificis citerior>> * Tito Livio in the first book of Ab Urbe Condita, 33, 8 writes <<Ingenti

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