| When the Sabines later attacked Rome, the women ran onto the battlefield and secured peace between their fathers and husbands. |
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| With this new strength, the Romans defeated the Sabines, and began to recover their confidence after their late humiliation. |
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| Initially, Rome's immediate neighbours were either Latin towns and villages, or else tribal Sabines from the Apennine hills beyond. |
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| The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans and Sabines. |
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| One by one Rome defeated both the persistent Sabines and the local cities, both those under Etruscan control and those that had cast off their Etruscan rulers. |
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| Legend says that the Latins invited the Sabines to a festival and stole their unmarried maidens, leading to the integration of the Latins with the Sabines. |
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