Weird reverse?

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Classicists have long referred to this event as “The Rape of the Sabine Women.” I suspect the word rape was chosen principally for linguistic reasons, with rape coming from Latin raptus, which means the seizure or taking of something. Of course, the sexual assault dimension of that word might be implied. But I suspect the first persons to apply the term to this event might’ve had a more semantically generous understanding of the word.

I am certainly not one to soft-pedal sexual assault. In the Roman world, one out of three persons was a slave, and the sexual abuse of persons in that world, especially slaves, was sadly routine.

But some take this event, “the rape of the Sabine women“ to be a metaphor for the strife between Rome and its hostile neighbors in the early days of Rome’s formation.

Perhaps the appeal to metaphor may reflect discomfort with the literal reading. Even in our own day, assault survivors face difficulties being believed.

 

The gal on the right looks like she's getting an "over-the-knee" spanking. The guy's arm is moving up and down as the woman kicks her legs and screams.
(Sorry...just describing what I see)

 

Do the rulers pick the images on the coins, do you know by chance? I always wondered .

 

I orignally thought that they were carrying dead people. I thought "what the heck is this?". I seen the sex position type coins, I wasnt even sure if those were real old roman coins or a modern type copy set. Those were sort or comical.

 

The guys look like they're wearing pumps...which would explain the weird calf muscles.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_moneyers_during_the_Republic

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursus_honorum

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Pizza is food of the gods, no doubt, but it deserves to be noted that no ancient Roman ever set eyes on a tomato, nor a pepper.