Rupilius, an actor otherwise unknown, [i, 114].
Rutilius; Publius Rutilius Rufus, a disciple of Publius Scaevola, [ii, 47]; of Panaetius, [iii, 10]; with Quintus Scaevola in Asia he repressed the extortion of the publicans, was banished, and devoted his life to philosophy and literature, [iii, 10].
Sabine, belonging to the province of central Italy, [iii, 74]; the Sabines, unfriendly to Rome till subdued and added to the empire (290), [i, 35], [38].
Sacred Laws; the Leges Sacratae, laws for the violation of which the offender was nominally consecrated to some god—i.e., laden with a curse, [iii, 111].
Salamis, the island and straits directly in front of the Piraeus ([q.v.]), where (480) Themistocles and the allied Greeks virtually annihilated the fleets of Persia, [i, 61], [75].
Sale, fraud in sale of real estate, [iii, 54-64]; laws concerning, [iii, 65-71]; of slaves, [iii, 71-72].
Salmacis, a fountain (and nymph) at Halicarnassus, whose waters made men who drank them weak and effeminate, [i, 61].
Samnites, the brave, liberty-loving people of Samnium, a province of south-central Italy; after seventy-one years (343-272) of war with Rome admitted to citizenship, [i, 38]; famous for their victory at the Caudine Forks, [iii, 109]; Gaius Pontius, [ii, 75].
Sanitation; see [Health].
Sardinia, the large island north of Sicily, made a province (238), misgoverned, [ii, 50].