According to the stories of Roman historians Rome was populated by some men, as neighboring tribes did not want to marry their daughters for the poor suitors of Rome. Then Romulus arranged a holiday and invited the neighbors of the Sabines with their families. During the holiday, the Romans suddenly attacked unarmed Sabines and kidnapped their girls.
Indignant neighbors started the war. The Romans defeated the Latins, attacking Rome, but it was much more difficult to fight the Sabines, who lost a lot of women. With the help of the daughter of the captain of Capitol, Tarpei, the Sabines took possession of the Capitol. The struggle lasted a very long time. Sabine under the command of King Titus Tatsiya finally defeated the Romans and turned them into flight.
Romulus appealed to the gods and promised to build a temple to Jupiter Stator if he stopped the fleeing ones. And at that time the Sabine women, whom the Romans kidnapped, seized their children, already born of the Romans, with their hair loose and in torn clothes, rushed between the men who had fought and begged them to stop, to stop the battle. The Sabines agreed, and an eternal peace was concluded, according to which two people united in one state under the supreme primacy of Titus Tatsiya and Romulus. The Romans were supposed to wear, in addition to their name, Sabine name – quirits. Religion became common. Thus, women saved Rome. In memory of this Romulus established the feast of the Maturnalia and gave women many honorary rights.
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