SABINES

people of ancient Italy; of Umbro-Sabellian stock; territories to the N.E. of Rome extended from sources of Nar to the Anio—some 85 miles; brave, austere, and religious; conquered by M. Curius Dentatus, 290 B.C., and enrolled in the Rom, étribus Quirina, 240 B.C.; fully enfranchised by Rome, 268 B.C. Nothing remains of Sabine literature or language. The dialect disappeared very quickly under pre ure of the Latin tongue. The legendary Rape of the Sabine Women occurred when Romulus, having founded Rome and seeking wives for its citizens, invited hig Sabine neighbors to games, during which the Romans seized the unsuspecte; ing maidens. town, Sarthe, France, on Sarthe; marble quarries. Pop. (commune) 5,600, niger), with maned neck, tufted tail,’ and stout horns; S. and E. African.