 Varro makes various claims for Sabine origins throughout his works, some more plausible than others, and his list should not be taken at face value.But the importance of the Sabines in the early cultural formation of Rome is evidenced, for instance, by the bride abduction of the Sabine women by Romulus's men, and in the Sabine ethnicity of Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome, to whom are attributed many of Rome's religious and legal institutions.Varro, however, says that the altars to most of these gods were established at Rome by King Tatius as the result of a vow ("votum").