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-The '''Rape of the Sabine Women''' ("rape" in this context meaning "kidnapping" rather than its modern meaning) is an episode in the legendary early [[history of Rome]] narrated by [[Livy]] and [[Plutarch]] ('Lives' II, 15 and 19). It provided a subject for [[Renaissance]] and post-Renaissance works of art that combined a suitably inspiring example of the hardihood and courage of ancient Romans with the opportunity to depict multiple figures in intensely passionate struggle. 
-Comparable themes from [[Classical Antiquity]] are the [[Lapiths|Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs]] and the theme of [[Amazonomachy]], the battle of [[Theseus]] with the [[Amazons]]. A comparable opportunity drawn from Christian legend was afforded by the theme of the [[Massacre of the Innocents]].+'''Titus Livius''' (traditionally 59 BC – AD 17), known as '''Livy''' in [[English language|English]], was a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome, ''[[Ab Urbe Condita]]'', from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC) through the reign of [[Augustus]] in Livy's own time.
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Titus Livius (traditionally 59 BC – AD 17), known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita, from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC) through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time.



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