Daily Roman History:

Rome, for all it's eventual grandeur and breadth, started as basically a den of scum and villainy, with most of its early inhabitants being male, and bandits at that. Realizing this will eventually become an issue with the city's survival, no new births mean no new citizens, the legendary co-founder of the city, Romulus, devised a plan. Under the guise of a festival to one of the Gods nearby cities were invited to participate in the event. Sometime during the proceedings the Roman men sprung and literally stole the women, mostly from the Sabine tribe, and chased the men away. Naturally, the other tribes didn't take kindly to this and numerous confrontations were fought over the next few years, but no clear victor was ever decided. Eventually, during one such attack the captured woman came forth and called for an end to the fighting, they did not want to see their fathers and brothers killed, but now they had husbands and children in the new city and just wished for peace. This seemed to work, and the Sabines joined the Romans to form one nation, ruled by Romulus and the Sabine king Titus Tatius. The Sabine came to settle the Capitoline hill, one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

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