Bullettino della Commissione Archeologica Comunale di Roma, 112, 2011

Moles Martis, il turpe sepulcrum di Tarpea e la Luna dell'Arx di Francesco Marcattili (con un'appendice di Paola Paolucci), pp. 7-34 Through a re-examination of several literary sources and the iconographic documentation available, the paper aims to propose a reinterpretation of the legend of Tarpeia - a figure linked to the origins of Rome - and to explain her ties with the Mars of the Capitolium, Moles Martis and the Moon of Arx. In the tale of the traitor...