Rome - Mamertine Prison Carcere Mamertino
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From the fourth century B.C. onwards the state prison of Rome stood at the foot of the Capitol hill, on the side nearest the Foro Romano. It consisted of two vaulted chambers, one on top of the other. In the lower chamber, also known as the Tullianum (after a water cistern), we are told by the Roman historians that the Numidian king Jugurtha (140 B.C.), the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix (46 B.C.) and Catiline's fellow conspirators were confined.
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Address:
Mamertine Prison, Via dei Falegnami, I-00186 Rome, Italy
Hours:
9am-12:30pm, 2pm-6:40pm
Transit: Metro: Colosseo (line B).
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