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- JPJNSurrey14 contributionsThis was a great visit with an informative guide. This visit is not too long but we were given so much information in that time. It was a great experience. It was easy to travel to the site using pubilic transport and the instructions on the website.Written 25 November 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Steve W1,200 contributionsThis was well worth the visit again good price and walking through the Bunker Villa Ada Savoia was fantastic we had a great time looking around and the past history was amazing worth the visit and not bad priceWritten 25 January 2020This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Xin C1 contributionThe historical period in which we must place the events that will be narrated is Rome during the time of the Tarquins , the seventh kings of the cities, while the protagonist of this story is Tullia, the youngest and very enterprising daughter of Servius Tullius, ruler of Rome and successor of Tarquinius Priscus.
Since marital lineage was a very important matter, Servius Tullius decided to give his daughters, Tullia minor and Tullia maior, in marriage to two scions of the Tarquinian house, namely Arunte Tarquinio and Lucio Tarquinio.
Love, as we know, is blind and that is exactly why little Tullia, married to Arunte , falls madly in love with Lucio , her brother-in-law, who is decidedly more attractive, courageous and shrewd than her husband and the guarantee of a probably better life.
Was the attraction reciprocated?
Of course yes and this is exactly what transformed the affair into a real carnage .
The story of this fatal attraction is told by Titus Livius in his monumental work “ Ab urbe condita ”.
To fulfill their dream of love, Lucio and Tullia Minor quickly and bloodily get rid of their respective spouses , finally free to marry and start a new life together.
As we have said, however, Tullia is an ambitious type and the role of wife is not enough for her: she wants to become queen and convinces her husband to claim the throne which is legitimately occupied by Servius Tullius.
Convinced by his wife, the young man goes to the palace to proclaim himself king of the Romans, something that the actual sovereign did not like: a real family brawl ensues, where father-in-law and son-in-law clash in a duel to the death that sees Servius Tullius defeated and wounded.
He will be sadly killed by two assassins and left on that wicked staircase we are telling you about today; the first to find her father's corpse will be the ruthless Tullia who, living up to her reputation, will order her coachman to drive over the old king's body.
She will become queen of Rome as the wife of Tarquin the Proud, achieving her goal.
This is just one of the many, dark, legends that revolve around Vicolo Scellerato which, we can tell you, is not exactly the best place for new love stories to be born, just as the first episode of L'Anima de Roma teaches us.Written 15 November 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
