The Sabine women stopped the fighting between the Sabines and Romans by pleading for unity and peace between the two.

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The Sabines were one of the most ancient and most powerful peoples in Central Italy in the 753 , the traditional birthdate of Rome. According to legend, after the Romans seized Sabine women to be their wives, the Sabines marched against the Romans. The women stopped the fighting by pleading for unity and peace between their Sabine families and their Roman husbands.

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