Australia: The Land Where Time Began

A biography of the Australian continent 

According to one legend this was a prison that held St Peter and St Paul until some Christian converts among the prisoners helped them escape. It had 2 parts in the caves under the Capitoline Hill. Many enemies of Rome were imprisoned here. The lower part, named Tullianum, was built in 387 BC. It was originally a water reservoir (tullus). The upper part was built in the 2 nd century BC.

Information

• http://www.romaspqr.it/Inglese/Carcere_mamertinum_ing.htm
• http://hyderome.blogspot.com/2005/06/mamertinum-prison-of-speter.html
• http://members.tripod.com/romeartlover/Vasi42.html

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