Sabines

Also known as Sabine, sabine

thumb|Amiternum, an ancient city founded by the Sabines right|thumb|Map showing the location of the Sabines. The border with Latium to the south was the Aniene river; however, it is possible that Sabines extended to Lake [[Regillus slightly to the south of it near Gabii.]]

Key facts

Language.name: Sabine
Language.states: Sabina (Sabinum)
Language.ethnicity: Sabines
Language.era: 1st millennium BC 1st millennium AD
Language.familycolor: Indo-European
Language.fam2: Italic
Language.fam3: Osco-Umbrian
Language.fam4: Umbrian?
Language.script: Latin alphabet 
Language.iso3: sbv
Language.linglist: sbv
Language.glotto: sabi1245
Language.glottorefname: Sabine
Language.map: Linguistic_Landscape_of_Central_Italy.png
Language.mapcaption: The linguistic landscape of Central Italy at the beginning of Roman expansion
Language.region: Central Italy

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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections

Contents

Etymology
Language
Historical geography
History
Origin and early history
At Rome
Legend of the Sabine women
Traditions
Religion
Sabine gods
State
Prominent Sabines
Gentes of Sabine origin
Romans of Sabine ancestry
Gallery
See also
Notes and references
Notes
References
Sources
Ancient
Modern
Further reading
External links

The Sabines (, , , ; ) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains (see Sabina) of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome.

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