people
The Romans
Romans
The people of Rome; the rape of the Sabine women set their own fathers-in-law in arms against them.
Reading notes
- The Loves §2.12 Romans
The earliest Romans, whose seizure of the Sabine women turned their new fathers-in-law into enemies.
- The Festivals §6.3 Latium
The people of Rome; Juno's beloved nation, to whom rival cities yielded.