Part 6: The Women’s Revolt
Several weeks went by as we waited for an attack of the Sabine army, who everyone knew would try to take back their women. But there was no sign of them, and with each passing day things became a little less tense. The abducted women were settling in to their new roles; many seemed to have accepted their fate, and at least a handful seemed quite content with these new arrangements. They were discovering that Roman men were, after all, not without their charms.
Romulus did his part in helping them to accept the inevitable, visiting with each of them in turn, promising they would enjoy all the privileges of married Romans, and that, in time, they would come to care for husbands, hearth and children. The lands of Rome were rich and fertile, virgin fields that and
