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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;expat, post: 25323281, member: 111067&quot;]At Saturnalia my Santa sent me a coin of King Tatius. As I was not aware of this character some reading was needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin I was gifted alluded to the rape of the Sabine women</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2024_04/20231217_120458__2_-side-removebg-preview.png.bcefa5e713b8b5c88b3f0194ea7e6039.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2024_04/20231217_120458__2_-side-removebg-preview.png.bcefa5e713b8b5c88b3f0194ea7e6039.png" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2024_04/20231217_120458__2_-side-removebg-preview.png.bcefa5e713b8b5c88b3f0194ea7e6039.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>According to the Roman foundation myth, Titus Tatius, also called Tatius Sabinus, was king of the Sabines from Cures and joint-ruler of the Kingdom of Rome for several years. During the reign of Romulus, the first king of Rome, Tatius declared war on Rome in response to the incident known as The Rape of the Sabine Women. After he captured the stronghold atop the Capitoline Hill through the treachery of Tarpeia, the Sabines and Romans fought an epic battle that concluded when the abducted Sabine women intervened to convince the two sides to reconcile and end the war. The two kingdoms were joined and the two kings ruled jointly until Tatius&#039; murder five years later. The joint kingdom was still called Rome and the citizens of the city were still called Romans, but as a community, they were to be called Quirites.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2024_04/image.jpeg.11f7f327f9c0f443de709976ef708460.jpeg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2024_04/image.jpeg.11f7f327f9c0f443de709976ef708460.jpeg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2024_04/image.jpeg.11f7f327f9c0f443de709976ef708460.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><i>Painting of the Sabines intervening.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>So, enchanted as I was with the story, I purchased another Tatius issue. This one is related to the story and the greed of a woman who saw riches in her future.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2024_04/5300181_1710860060.l-removebg-preview.png.cfedd0ba7c1a2929855e6c282a4311f0.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2024_04/5300181_1710860060.l-removebg-preview.png.cfedd0ba7c1a2929855e6c282a4311f0.png" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2024_04/5300181_1710860060.l-removebg-preview.png.cfedd0ba7c1a2929855e6c282a4311f0.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>L. TITURIUS L. F. SABINUS. Denarius (89 BC). Rome.</p><p>Head of Tatius right, SABIN behind, A.PV before / L TITVRI in exergue, Tarpeia buried to her waist in shields, fending off two soldiers about to throw their shields on her. Tituria 5</p><p>sear5 #252,Cr344/2c, Syd 699a.</p><p>( 3.69 g. 19.4 mm ).</p><p>In Roman legend, Tarpeia, daughter of the Roman commander Spurius Tarpeius, was a Vestal Virgin who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines at the time of their women&#039;s abduction for what she thought would be a reward of jewelry. She was instead crushed to death by Sabine shields and her body cast from the southern cliff of Rome&#039;s Capitoline Hill, thereafter called after her the Tarpeian Rock (Rupes Tarpeia).</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to comment, show your Tatius coins or anything mythological related.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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