The Romans inherited horse racing when racing filled their vehicles with weapons to take victory before riding their horse-driven carts, wearing helmets and armor to protect themselves and not die in the midst of the Etruscan event,who in turn inherited them from the Greeks. However, the Romans were also directly influenced by the Greeks, especially after the conquest of Greek territory in 146 .C. According to Roman legend, Rómulo held a horse race just after founding Rome, in 753 a.C.as a strategy to distract the Sabines. Thus, while the Sabines reveled in the show, Rómulo and his men grabbed and abducted their women. This fact is commonly referred to as the”Rapture of the Sabines”.