JFL Monkeybranching in 800 BC Ancient Rome

[Evenki]

I am talking, of course, about the Rape of the Sabines.

With Rome growing at such a steady rate in comparison to its neighbors, Romulus became concerned with maintaining the city's strength. His main concern was that with few female inhabitants there would be no chance of sustaining the city's population, without which Rome might not last longer than a generation. [...] The Romans devised a plan to abduct the Sabine women during the festival of Neptune Equester. They planned and announced a festival of games to attract people from all the nearby towns. [...] At the festival, Romulus gave a signal by "rising and folding his cloak and then throwing it round him again," at which the Romans grabbed the Sabine women and fought off the Sabine men.

When Rome was first established, they faced an issue in that their female population was too low. They solved this by stealing women from nearby tribes. This by itself was certainly not new- the interesting part is what happens next.

Outraged at what had happened, the king of the Caeninenses entered upon Roman territory with his army. [...] At this point in the story, the Sabine women intervened:

[They], from the outrage on whom the war originated, with hair dishevelled and garments rent, the timidity of their sex being overcome by such dreadful scenes, had the courage to throw themselves amid the flying weapons, and making a rush across, to part the incensed armies, and assuage their fury; imploring their fathers on the one side, their husbands on the other, "that as fathers-in-law and sons-in-law they would not contaminate each other with impious blood, nor stain their offspring with parricide, the one their grandchildren, the other their children. If you are dissatisfied with the affinity between you, if with our marriages, turn your resentment against us; we are the cause of war, we of wounds and of bloodshed to our husbands and parents. It were better that we perish than live widowed or fatherless without one or other of you."

In short, the Sabine Women, despite having been previously kidnapped and raped, now took the side of the Romans against their own people.

I think this is very funny.

 

[Cuckoja]

But, but he was so nice at first

 

[PersonalityChad]

The Romans had better personalities

 

[ogercel]

The Romans had better personalities

Tee hee

 

[nolifecel]

brutal romanpill

 

[SmhChan]

Livy says that Romulus offered the Sabine women free choice as well as civic and property rights. According to Livy, Romulus spoke to each of them in person, declaring "that it was all owing to the pride of their parents in denying right of intermarriage to their neighbours. They would live in honourable wedlock, and share all their property and civil rights, and – dearest of all to human nature – would be the mothers of freemen."

 

[SmhChan]

Male "conquest" = Foid empowerment.

 

[anotherwastedlife]

The Romans had better personalities