Tullianum

The name Tullianum is derived by the Romans from their king, Tullius

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

The Tullianum is a circular chamber, partly excavated from the rock, and partly built of tufa blocks, each layer of masonry projecting a little over that immediately below so as to form a conical vault.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

In the floor of the Tullianum is a well, which, according to the legend, miraculously came into existence while St. Peter was imprisoned here, enabling the Apostle to baptize his jailers, Sts. Processus and Martinianus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

The lower, known as the Tullianum, was probably built originally as a cistern, whence its name, which is derived from the archaic Latin word tullius, a jet of water -- the derivation of Varro from the name of King Servius Tullius is erroneous.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

It is probable that the prison called Tullianum, from a jet of water, "tullus," which sprang from the rock, was originally a portion of this quarry.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Various 1885

It was then called Tullianum, because it was so antique at that time, that vague tradition only told of its origin long centuries before, built by the fabulous King Tullius.

The Roman Traitor (Vol. 2 of 2) Henry William Herbert 1832

"Tullianum" is an adjective, with which _robur_ must be understood, as it was originally constructed, wholly or partially, with oak.

Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War 86 BC-34? BC Sallust 1844

"There _is_ a place," wrote Sallust, some nineteen hundred years ago — "There _is_ a place, within the prison, which is called Tullianum, after you have ascended a little way to the left, about twelve feet underground.

The Roman Traitor (Vol. 2 of 2) Henry William Herbert 1832

For no one ever climbed out of the awful pit beneath the Tullianum.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

The Tullianum stood in the lap of the Arx hill just beyond the Steps of Gemortia, a very tiny grey edifice built of the huge unmortared stones men all over the world called Cyclopean; it was only one storey high and had only one opening, a doorless rectangular gap in the stones.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990