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5 Unusual Facts & History of the Roman Forum & Mamertine Prison (Rome, Italy)

5 Unusual Facts & History of the Roman Forum & Mamertine Prison (Rome, Italy) If you enjoyed his video, check out my 5 Unusual Facts & the History of the Colosseum video:    • 5 Unusual Facts & History of the Colosseum...   5 Unusual Facts & the History of the Vatican Museum & Pantheon video:    • 5 Unusual Facts & History of the Vatican M...   5 Unusual Facts of the Roman Forum #5 100 Years to Excavate - The Roman Forum you walk through today took over a century of modern excavation to uncover, because for centuries it lay buried under debris and soil, with only a few columns visible above ground. #4 The Lacus Curtius, was regarded in legend as a gateway to the underworld, where the soldier Marcus Curtius rode into a chasm to save Rome, giving the place his name. #3 The House of the Vestal Virgins, housed priestesses who kept Rome’s sacred flame; if they broke their vow of chastity, they were buried alive in a special chamber. #2 The Rostra was a speaker’s platform decorated with captured enemy ship prows, from which orators like Cicero addressed the people and where enemy heads were displayed. #1 Damnatio Memoriae - At the Arch of Septimius Severus, the emperor Caracalla had the name and images of his murdered brother Geta literally chiseled out after a brutal family power struggle, an example of “damnatio memoriae” (erasing someone from public memory). 5 Unusual Facts of the Mamertine Prison #5 Carcer Tullianum - The name “Mamertine” is a later nickname. In antiquity the site was simply the Carcer and Tullianum; the label “Mamertinum/Mamertine” appears in later sources, possibly linked to a nearby temple of Mars (Mamers in Oscan). #4 Engineering Tricks - Its construction shows very early Roman engineering tricks. Parts of the lower chamber are built with carefully fitted stone blocks without mortar, with a semicircular plan and use of tufa limestone, reflecting 7th–6th century BCE building techniques. #3 Triumphal Route - It sat in an extremely symbolic spot in the Forum. The prison was on the Capitoline slope right by the Curia and along the triumphal route; victorious generals could parade captured kings through the Forum and then lead them straight into the Carcer for execution. #2 Death Row It functioned more like death row than a normal jail. Romans rarely used long-term incarceration; Mamertine mainly held high-value political or military prisoners briefly before execution rather than ordinary criminals serving sentences. #1 Oubliette - Prisoners were dropped into an underground oubliette. The lower cell was accessed through a small opening in the upper floor (a trapdoor or hatch), and condemned prisoners were literally lowered or dropped through this hole into the dark chamber below.