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	Topics Sabine Topic Home The Sabines were an ItalicItalic Italic means "of or from Italy". The term is most commonly used to refer to the peoples and languages of what is now Italy f... tribe that lived in ancient ItalyItaly Italy, officially the Italian Republic , is a Southern European country.... , inhabiting LatiumLatium Latium is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian... before the founding of RomeFounding of Rome The founding of Rome is reported by many legends, which in recent times are beginning to be supplemented by more scientific ... . Their language belonged to the SabellicOsco-Umbrian languages The Osco-Umbrian languages or Sabellic languages are a group of languages that belong to the Italic language family o... subgroup of Italic languagesItalic languages The Italic subfamily is a member of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family.... and shows some similarities to OscanFacts About Oscan language Oscan, the language of the Osci, is in the Sabellic branch of the Italic language family, which is a branch of Indo-European... and UmbrianUmbrian language Umbrian is an extinct Italic language formerly spoken in the ancient Italian region of Umbria.... . Studies have found many relationships between the Romans and the Sabines, especially in the fields of religion and mythology. In fact, many Sabine deities and cultCult In religion and sociology, a cult is a cohesive group of people devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or so... s developed in Rome, and many areas of the town (like the Quirinale) had once served as Sabine centers. LatinLatin Summary Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome.... -speakers called the Sabines' original territory, straddling the modern regions of Lazio, UmbriaUmbria Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south.... , and AbruzzoAbruzzo Overview Abruzzo is a region of central Italy bordering Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-ea... , Sabinium. To this day, it bears the ancient tribe's name in the ItalianItalian language Italian is a Romance language spoken by about 70 million people, primarily in Italy.... form of Sabina. Within the modern region of Lazio (or LatiumLatium Latium is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian... ), Sabina constitutes a sub-region, situated north-east of RomeRome Rome is the capital of Italy and of its region, called Latium.... , around Rieti. It has become a tourist destination, known for its interesting medieval villages and its production of olive oilOlive oil Summary Olive oil is a vegetable oil obtained from the olive , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin.... . Origins According to Dionysius of HalicarnassusDionysius of Halicarnassus Overview Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Caesar Augustus... , many Roman historians (including Porcius Cato and Gaius Sempronius) regarded the origins of the Romans (descendants of the AborigineAborigine Aborigine refers in a general sense to:... s) as Greek despite the fact that their knowledge was derived from Greek legendary accounts. The Sabines, specifically, were first mentioned in Dionysius's account for having captured the city of Lista by surprise, which was regarded as the mother-city of the Aborigines. There was still debate among ancient historians pertaining to the specific origins of the Sabines. Zenodotus of Troezen claimed that the Sabines were originally Umbrians that changed their name after being driven from the Reatine territory by the PelasgiansPelasgians Ancient Greek writers used the name Pelasgians to refer to groups of people who preceded the Hellenes and still dwelt in sev... . However, Porcius Cato argued that the Sabines were a populace named after Sabus, the son of Sancus (a divinity of the area sometimes called Jupiter Fidius). In another account mentioned in Dionysius's work, a group of Lacedaemonians fled SpartaSparta Sparta is a city in southern Greece.... since they regarded the laws of LycurgusLycurgus (Sparta) Lycurgus was the legendary lawgiver of Sparta, who established the military-oriented reformation of Spartan society in accor... as too severe. In Italy, they founded the Spartan colony of Foronia (near the Pomentine plains) and some from that colony settled among the Sabines. According to the account, the Sabine habits of belligerence and frugality were known to have been derived from the Spartans. The Legend of the Sabine Women Legend says that RomansRoman Kingdom The Roman Kingdom was the monarchal government for the city of Rome and its territories from its founding.... abducted Sabine women to populate the newly built town, the first recorded example of bride kidnappingBride kidnapping Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a form of forced marriage pract... . The resultant conflict ended only by the women throwing themselves and their children between the armies of their fathers and their husbands. The Rape of the Sabine WomenThe Rape of the Sabine Women The Rape of the Sabine Women, an episode in the legendary early history of Rome narrated by Plutarch, provided a subject for... ("rape" in this context meaning "kidnapping" rather than its modern meaning, see raptioRaptio The Latin term *raptio* refers to abduction of women , either for marriage or enslavement .... ) became a common motif in art; the women ending the war forms a less frequent but still reappearing motif. Notable Sabines Numa PompiliusNuma Pompilius According to legend, Numa Pompilius was the second of the Kings of Rome, succeeding Romulus.... , legendary King of Rome Titus TatiusTitus Tatius The traditions of ancient Rome held that Titus Tatius was a Sabine king who, after the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Ro... , legendary King of the Sabines Ancus MarciusAncus Marcius Ancus Marcius , fourth of the Kings of Rome, and possibly legendary.... , legendary King of Rome Quintus SertoriusQuintus Sertorius Quintus Sertorius, Roman statesman and general.... Attius ClaususAppius Claudius Sabinus Inregillensis Appius Claudius Sabinus Inregillensis was the semi-legendary founder of the Claudii....