Title:Sabine by artist Catherine Marché

"After having killed Remus, Romulus left Rome open to outlaws. They did not have wives and kidnapped the 'Sabines'. Sabine is an object of desire: the origin of wars: she interposed herself between husband and brother, leading to the end of the war by the fusion of both Romans and Sabines. This was celebrated on the 15th February and then moved, as Rome became Christian, to the 14th February - St. Valentine's Day, protector of couples and symbol of fecundity."