Titus Tatius
King of the Sabines in Roman mythology / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[2]
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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.[3] 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' murder five years later.[4] 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.[2] The Sabines were integrated into the existing tribes and curies,[clarification needed] yet Tatius is not counted as one of the traditional "Seven Kings of Rome".
Tatius had one daughter, Tatia, who married Numa Pompilius (Romulus' successor), and one son, who was the ancestor of the patrician Tatii family.