Rape of the Sabine women
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The kidnapping of the Sabine women; traditionally known as the Rape of the Sabine women and also known as the abduction of the Sabine women, was an incident in the early history of Rome in which the m
Abduction of a Sabine Woman by Giambologna, Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence
The Abduction of the Sabine Women, by Poussin, 1634–35 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Peter Paul Rubens
Rape of the Sabine Women by Pietro da Cortona, 1627–1629
Romulus
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Romulus was the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions to Romulus and hi
Rape of the Sabine women
…Livy, the abduction of Sabine women occurred in the early history of Rome shortly after its founding in the mid-8th century BC and was perpetrated by Romulus and his predominantly male followers; it is said that after the foundation of the city, the population consisted solely of Latins and other Italic…
Romulus and his twin brother Remus from a 15th-century frieze, Certosa di Pavia
A statue of a She-wolf depicts the twins suckling.
Roman Denarius with Romulus as Quirinus
Romulus dedicating the temple to Jupiter Feretrius