in Roman antiquity, an appellation given to a steep rock in Rome: whence, by the law of the twelve tables, those guilty of certain crimes were precipitated.

TARSUS in anatomy. See Anatomy, p. 185.

Tarsus, now Tarsus, once the capital of Cilicia, in the Lesser Asia, now a province of Asiatic Turkey, is situated on the north side of the Levant sea: E. long. 35°, N. lat. 37°.