Sabīni

, an ancient people of Italy, reckoned among the Aborigines, or those inhabitants whose origin was not known. Some suppose that they were originally a Lacedæmonian colony, who settled in that part of the country. The po e ions of the Sabines were situated in the neighbourhood of Rome, between the river Nar and the Anio, and bounded on the north by the A pennines and Umbria, south by Latium, east by the Æqui, and Etruria on the west. The greatest part of the contiguous nations were descended from them, such as the Umbrians, the Camp an i ans, the Sabelli, the Osci, Samnites, Hernici, Æqui, Marsi, Brutii, . The Sabines are celebrated in ancient history as being the first who took up arms against the Romans, to avenge the rape of their females at a spectacle where they had been invited. After some engagements, the greatest part of the Sabines left their ancient po e ions, and migrated to Rome, where they settled with their new allies. They were at last totally subdued, about the year of Rome 373, and ranked as Roman citizens. Their chief cities were Cures, Fidenæ, Reate, Crustumerium, Corniculum, No mentum, Collatia, . The character of the nation for chastity, for purity of morals, and for the knowledge of herbs and incantations, was very great. Horace , epode 17, li. 28 .— Cicero , Against Vat in i us , ch. 15 .— Pliny , bk. 3 , ch. 12 .— Livy , bk. 1 , chs. 9 & 18.— Dionysius of Halicarna us , bk. 2 , ch. 51 .— Strabo , bk. 5 .— Florus , bk. 1 , ch. 1 ; bk. 3 , ch. 18 .— Silius Italic us , bk. 8 , li. 424 .— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 14 , lis. 775 & 797; Ars Am at or i a , bk. 1 , li. 101 ; ♦ Amores , bk. 3 , poem 8, li. 61 .— Juvenal , satire 10, li. 197 . ♦ Book name omitted from text.