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Often appears with: neptunus equester · marriage and betrothal · forced marriage · custom and the manners of a people · consualia · conquest, plunder, and captives
Usually: narrative (1) · betrayal (1) · temptation (1) · indignation (1)
“only let them calm their angry feelings, and bestow their affections on those on whom fortune had bestowed their bodies.” Titus Livius (Livy), Roman History, Books I-III · precept
Romulus organizes the Consualia at Neptunus Equester to lure outsiders and, by a prearranged signal, has Roman youths abduct unmarried Sabine women, after which Romulus urges the women to accept lawful marriage and motherhood.
cases when they were dismissed they were asked the question, whether they had opened a sanctuary for women also: for that in that way only could they obtain suitable matches. The Roman youths were bitterly indignant at this, and the matter began unmistakably to point to open violence. Romulus in order to provide a fitting opportunity and place for this, dissembling his resentment, with this purpose in view, institut…