Sabine Crossroads
a place in De Soto parish, La., about 4 miles S. of Mansfield, where, in the Civil War, the Confederate troops under command of Generals E. Kirby Smith, Taylor, Moulton, and Green, defeated the Federal troops under command of Generals Lee, Franklin, Banks, and Ransom. The Union forces lost 10 guns and about 7,000 of their men were taken prisoners. border of ancient Latium, E. of Rome.
Its highest point is about 4,200 feet.
SABINES (sā'bīnz), an ancient people of Italy, supposed to have been named from "Sabus," one of their deities. Little is known of their history. They were at war with the Romans at a very early period. A contest broke out between them 504 B. c., and a body of the Sabines migrated to Rome, where they were welcomed, and founded the powerful family and tribe of Claudii. The Sabines carried their ravages to the very gates of Rome, 469 B. C. On their defeat by Marcus Horatius, 449 B. c., their camp was found full of plunder obtained in the Roman territories. They were again at war with the Romans, 290 B. c., and having been vanquished, many of them were sold as slaves. The remaining citizens were admitted to the Roman franchise.