Usually means: Betrayed Rome for gold bracelets.
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  1. Tarpeia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Tarpeia: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Tarpeia: Wordnik
  4. Tarpeia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. Tarpeia: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. tarpeia: Dictionary.com
  7. Tarpeia (gens), Tarpeia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Tarpeia: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Tarpeia: Global Glossary

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  1. Tarpeia, Tarpeia: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wikipedia (Tarpeia)

noun:  In Roman legend, Tarpeia (mid-8th century BCE), daughter of the Roman commander Spurius Tarpeius, was a Vestal Virgin who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines at the time of their women's abduction for what she thought would be a reward of jewelry.
noun:  an impact crater on the asteroid 4 Vesta.
noun:  a Vestal Virgin, daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, who betrayed Ancient Rome to the Sabines


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