It was normal practice that a Virgin who broke her vows and was seduced, to bury the unfortunate girl alive. Upon the advice of his priest Camers, Amulius had the twin infants placed in a basket they were thrown into the Tiber, in the hope the infants would drown. Upon leaning of the news of Ilia’s sons, Amulius would have killed the helpless infants. However, Mars seduced Ilia and she became pregnant. Amulius hoped that Ilia never marry nor have a child. To ensure that he had no rival to the crown, Amulius had Ilia sent to the temple of Vesta, to become a Vesta Virgin. Amulius deposed Numitor and imprisoned his brother. Amulius, Numitor’s brother, plotted to have him remove. Numitor was the father of Ilia (Rea or Rhea Silvia this may have been her name when she became a Vestal Virgin). In Alba Longa, Numitor was their thirteenth king after Ascanius, the son of the hero Aeneas. They were born not long after Amulius had deposed his brother Numitor as king of Alba Longa. The kings who ruled Alba Longa after Ascanius are listed as Silvius, Latinus, Epytus, Capys, Capetus, Tiberinus, Remulus, Acrota, Aventinus, Proca, Numitor and Amulius. Thirteen kings ruled after Ascanius before Romulus and Remus were born. It seemed to have become a dominant city in Latium. Ascanius decided to find another city in Latium, which he called Alba Longa.Īlba Longa was situated on the eastern shore of Lake Albanus. Though, Ascanius (Iulus) succeeded his father, Lavinium became overcrowded after thirty years since it was founded. His reign was long but I had trouble finding anything about Aeneas’ death. Aeneas and Lavinia had a son named Silvius. Distinguishing history from legend has always being problematic to scholars.Īeneas founded a new city called Lavinium or the hero renamed the city of Lauretum to Lavinium, after his new wife. You should note that the early history of Rome was shrouded in legend. Lastly, I will recount the birth of Roman Republic and some legend during the early Republic. Some of the tales I will include in this page includes the story of Romulus and Remus, and briefly view the lives of the seven kings of Rome. In the Tales of Rome, I will go into more details about the adventure of Aeneas. Romulus was descendant of Dardanian or Trojan hero, Aeneas, one of two surviving leaders to escape the fall of Troy. Romulus was the legendary founder of Rome. The site was prominently situated on the seven hills.
Roma was often called Roma, which is the proper name for the city. Rome was a city on the south-east bank of the Tiber River, in the region called Latium.
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