The Abduction & Intervention of the Sabine Women 8E

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This, of course, is the G-rated version of the abduction. Check out Jacques-Louis David's great painting "Intervention of the Sabine Women" and the sculpture, "Rape of the Sabine Women" (1583), by Giambologna, who carved it from ONE PIECE OF MARBLE! Historian, Rose Williams, says, "At the end of the Sabine War the Romans and Sabines became one people. They were ruled jointly by Romulus and Titus Tatius until the death of the latter." "The first of the seven kings of Rome is Romulus, a Roman. The second is Numa Pompilius, the great lawgiver, who was a Sabine." "In bringing up the Sabine women, read Livy I.9. The Romans sent ambassadors to neighboring states for marriage privileges, but were refused. They invited the neighbors to visit Rome and gave hospitality and tours." "On the day of the Consualia they carried off the girls, then Romulus went from house to house explaining to the girls that they offered honorable marriage and partnership. The men promised to love and honor the wives and try to make up for the families they had lost." "In Livy I 10-13 Romulus defeated various tribes in battle, and at the request of his wife Hersilia received the defeated into Rome. In 13 the women ran between their husbands and Sabine fathers and begged for peace. The two peoples became one. Modern interpretation of ancient stories is usually flawed." Read more: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history/rape-sabine-women-002636#ixzz3ksHKETqn