Mamertine

There is an upper chamber in the Mamertine prisons, over what is said to have been — and very possibly may have been — the dungeon of

Pictures from Italy 2007

They had a fine view over the roof of the Mamertine prison to the Forum, though their enclosure was rather rocky and inhospitable.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

As I bent to pat her reassuringly, I noticed I had stepped in some of the slimy green droppings that lay in wait all over the hillside at the top of the steps past the Mamertine.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

Tulliarium, or Mamertine prison, to perish by starvation in the watery chill.

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

Mamertine prison under the Capitoline Hill, the first prison in the city, rendered necessary by the increase of crime.

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

Here the victors paused before making their vows, until the message came from the Mamertine Prisons below to announce that their noblest prisoner and victim, while the clang of their triumph and his defeat rose ringing in his ears as the procession ascended the steps, had expiated with death the crime of being the enemy of Rome.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various

Jugurtha, after having graced the triumphal procession, was thrown into the Mamertine dungeon, beneath the Capitoline, where he died of starvation.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

Lysander demolished the Long Walls of Athens to the music of the Spartan flute, had the world seen so bitter a spectacle of national humiliation, so absolute a reversal of fortune, -- the long-conquering legions perishing by the sword, and him who had headed so many triumphal processions perishing as it were in the Mamertine dungeon.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various

The Mamertine prison is composed of two square subterranean chambers, one below the other, with only one round aperture in the center of each vault, through which alone light, air, food, furniture, and men could pass.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester

They reached the Mamertine prison at last, and were thrust down into it, and found there already other victims, of both sexes, awaiting their time of sacrifice.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester