Transcript RomulusandRemus4

Romulus, the Sabine
Women and You
In order to get women for his
city, Romulus and his men
stole the women from the
neighboring town.
As a result, the Sabine men
were not happy and declared
war against the Romans.
The war took a year to prepare
and during that time, the
Sabine women “married” the
Roman men and had children.
Finally the war was ready
to begin, and the Sabines
prepared to attack Rome.
The Sabines hoped to sneak
into the city and to surprise
the Romans.
The Sabines
found a
woman
named
Tarpeia
who was
willing to
show them a
secret way
into Rome.
Seeing the gold armbands on
the Sabines’ arms, Tarpeia
agreed to betray Rome for what
they were wearing on their
arms.
The soldiers, however, also
were wearing shields on
their arms.
Having been shown the way, the
Sabines kept their part of the
agreement and gave Tarpeia what
was on their arms, crushing her to
death with their shields.
As the battle began, the
Sabine/Roman women,
rushed out into the middle of
the battlefield.
Holding their newborn babies,
they exclaimed, “If you attack
the Romans, then you will have
to go through us first!”
This battle is our fault! Don’t
make us widows and orphans
on the same day!”
Thanks to the women,
the Sabine men realized
that they were wrong,
and they went back home.
The Romans and Sabines
lived happily ever after
NEXT WEEK:
THE DEATH OF
ROMULUS