Sabines
The Sabines were an ancient Italic people who inhabited the central Apennines of Italy, in a region later called Sabinum, north and east of Rome. Their homeland, the Sabine Hills and surrounding valleys, lay between the Tiber and the Adriatic-influenced plains, in areas that would later be incorporated into the Roman state.
The Sabines spoke a language of the Italic branch, closely related to Latin and Umbrian. They were
In Roman myth and early history, the Sabines are most famous for the episode known as the
Today, the term Sabine survives mainly in geography and history. The region’s name persists in references to