The Rape of the Sabines
- Media type
- Film
Il ratto delle Sabine · The Rape of the Sabines · MOVIE
Drama, History 1910
About this title
A early film adaptation of "The Rape of the Sabines" which is an episode in the legendary history of Rome, traditionally said to have taken place in 750 BC, in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. The English word "rape" is a conventional translation of Latin raptio, which in this context means "abduction" rather than its prevalent modern meaning in English language of sexual violation.