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What kind of Image of Roman Society do we perceive from the story of the Sabine Women?
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What kind of Image of Roman Society do we perceive from the story of the Sabine Women? The famous story of the Sabine women was told by Livy in his earliest book and is part of a series of foundation myths that he uses to describe the creation of Rome. Livy's version of events describe how the legendary Romulus needed one element to complete the founding of the great city of Rome; women who would be able provide the city with children in order to ensure the continuous growth of Rome. As no neighbouring tribe of Rome would agree to allow their females to marry into Roman society, Romulus devised a plan where Rome would invite their neighbouring peoples for a festival in honour of Neptune and then take their women by force. It concludes when the Sabines, the last of those wronged to attack Rome, captured the citadel on the...
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