Question

The story of the abduction of the Sabine women, represented in Poussin's The Abduction of the Sabine Women (21.5), is an event associated with ancient ________.

Answer 1

The multiple choices of answer for this question in the original questionnaire are the following:

a. Athens, b. Rome, c. Milan, d. Alexandria

Nicholas Poussin, a French painter of the Baroque style, spent most of his carreer in Rome, and most of his work wandered religious and mythological italian themes and stories such as the Sabine Women one, related to how Romulus, The King of Rome, deceived the people of the Sabine tribe in order to take their women against their will so he could provide wives to his soldiers.

Therefore the answer would be (b). Ancient Rome.