Alba Longa (in Italian sources occasionally written Albalonga) was an ancient city of Latium, in the Alban Hills founder and head of the Latin Confederation; it was destroyed by Rome around the middle of the 7th century BC. Latium (Lazio in Italian) is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... The Alban Hills (It. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... (8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC - other centuries) (700s BC - 690s BC - 680s BC - 670s BC - 660s BC - 650s BC - 640s BC - 630s BC - 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC - other decades) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Scythians arrived in Asia Collapse...

Legendary history

According to legend Alba Longa was founded by Ascanius or Iulus, son of Aeneas, thirty years after the foundation of Lavinium. Chronologically this would have been around the middle of the 12th century BC, some time after the destruction of Troy (which according to ancient scholars occurred in 1184 BC). Ascanius was the son of Aeneas and Creusa. ... Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598. ... Lavinium was an ancient Roman city of the Latium, said to have been named by Aeneas in honor of Lavinia, daughter of Latinus, king of the Latins, and his wife, Amata. ... (13th century BC - 12th century BC - 11th century BC - other centuries) (1200s BC - 1190s BC - 1180s BC - 1170s BC - 1160s BC - 1150s BC - 1140s BC - 1130s BC - 1120s BC - 1110s BC - 1100s BC - other decades) (3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) Events 1200 BC - Ancient Pueblo Peoples... Walls of the excavated city of Troy Troy ( Ancient Greek Τροία Troia or Τροάς Troas also Ίλιον; Latin: Troia, Ilium) is a legendary city, scene of the Trojan War, described in the Trojan War cycle, especially in the Iliad, one of the two Ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. ... (Redirected from 1184 BC) Centuries: 13th century BC - 12th century BC - 11th century BC Decades: 1230s BC 1220s BC 1210s BC 1200s BC 1190s BC - 1180s BC - 1170s BC 1160s BC 1150s BC 1140s BC 1130s BC Events and Trends April 24 1184 BC - Traditional date of the fall of...

From Ascanius there is said to have sprung a dynasty of Alban kings, among whom the better known are Procas and his sons Numitor and Amulius. The legitimate heir of Procas was Numitor; As Rome's power increased, the two cities fell into conflict, and finally under King Tullus Hostilius (around the middle of the 7th century BC), a war between them was settled by the famous combat of the Horatii and the Curiatii; Alba was destroyed, never to be rebuilt, and her inhabitants were transferred to Rome, where the Caelian hill was given to them. In Roman mythology, King Procas of Alba Longa was the father of Amulius and Numitor. ... In Roman mythology, King Numitor of Alba Longa, son of Procas, was the father of Rhea Silvia. ... In Roman mythology, Amulius was the brother of Numitor and son of Procas. ... Domus Tullus Hostilius (r. ... (8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC - other centuries) (700s BC - 690s BC - 680s BC - 670s BC - 660s BC - 650s BC - 640s BC - 630s BC - 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC - other decades) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Scythians arrived in Asia Collapse... In Roman mythology, the Horatii were a set of male triplets from Rome. ... Oath of the Horatii (1784), by Jacques-Louis David In Roman mythology, the Horatii were a set of male triplets from Rome. ... The Caelian Hill (Latin Collis Caelius, Italian Celio) is one of the famous seven hills of Rome External link Samuel Ball Platner, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome: Caelian Hill Categories: Italy geography stubs | Ancient Rome ...

Kings of Alba Longa

According to the accounts of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, the Kings of Alba Longa were the following: Dionysius Halicarnassensis (of Halicarnassus), Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, flourished during the reign of Augustus. ...

• Ascanius. A son of Aeneas and Creusa. Reigned for 38 years.
• Silvius. A son of Aeneas and Lavinia, younger half-brother of Ascanius. Reigned for 29 years.
• Aeneas. A son of Silvius. Reigned for 31 years.
• Latinus. Possibly a son of Aeneas. Reigned for 51 years.
• Alba. Possibly a son of Latinus. Reigned for 39 years.
• Capetus. Possibly a son of Alba. Reigned for 26 years.
• Capys. Possibly a son of Capetus. Reigned for 28 years.
• Capetus II. Possibly a son of Capys. Reigned for 13 years.
• Tiberinus. Possibly a son of Capetus II. Reigned for 8 years. Reportedly slain in battle near an unnamed river and his body was carried away by it. The river was renamed Tiber.
• Agrippa. Possibly a son of Tiberinus. Reigned for 41 years.
• Allocius. Possibly a son of Agrippa. Reigned for 19 years. Reportedly a tyrant and contemptuous of the Gods. Drowned in a storm.
• Aventinus. Possibly a son of Allocius. Reigned for 37 years. The Aventine Hill was reportedly named after him.
• Procas. Possibly a son of Aventinus. Reigned for 23 years.
• Amulius. A younger son of Procas who reportedly usurped the throne. Reigned for 42 years. Slain by his grand-nephews Romulus and Remus.
• Numitor. The older brother of Amulius. Reportedly succeeded him a year before the foundation of Rome. His successor is not named.

According to Livy we know of two more kings of Alba Longa. Both reigned during to reign of the Roman king Tullus Hostilius. The first of these kings was Gaius Cluilius who died during a war against the Romans. He was succeded by Mettius Fufetius who was in turn executed by Tullus Hostilius for treachery. Ascanius was the son of Aeneas and Creusa. ... Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598. ... In Greek mythology, four people had the name Creusa. ... Silvius has several meanings: In Roman mythology, Silvius was the son of Aeneas and Lavinia. ... In Roman mythology, Lavinia was the daughter of Latinus and Amata. ... Capetus was a descendant of Aeneas. ... In Greek mythology, Capys was a son of Assaracus and Aigesta or Themiste and father of Anchises and so grandfather of Aeneas the Trojan, who warned not to bring the Trojan horse into the city a descendant of Aeneas and king of Rome before Rome was founded The first one... In Roman mythology, Tiberinus was added to the Oceanids, as the genius of the river Tiber. ... Tiber River in Rome The River Tiber (Italian Tevere), the third-longest river in Italy at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in two branches that cross the suburbs of... A tyrant (from Greek τύραννος týrannos) possesses absolute power in a state or in an organisation: one refers to this mode of rule as a tyranny. ... A deity or a god, is a postulated preternatural being, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, or respected by human beings. ... The Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills that ancient Rome was built on. ... In Roman mythology, King Procas of Alba Longa was the father of Amulius and Numitor. ... In Roman mythology, Amulius was the brother of Numitor and son of Procas. ... Romulus and Remus, (c771 BC¹- July 5, c717 BC Romulus) (c771 BC- April 21, c753 BC Remus), the traditional founders of Rome, appeared in Roman mythology as the twin sons of the priestess Rhea Silvia, fathered by the god of war Mars. ... In Roman mythology, King Numitor of Alba Longa, son of Procas, was the father of Rhea Silvia. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... A portrait of Titus Livius made long after his death. ... Domus Tullus Hostilius (r. ... Gaius Cluilius was the king of Alba Longa during the reign of the Roman king Tullus Hostilius. ... Mettius Fufetius succeded Gaius Cluilius as king of Alba Longa. ...

Archaeological data and historical interpretation

The location of the ancient Latin city has been much debated since the 16th century. The point of departure is the foundation story in Dionysius of Halicarnassus (I.66 ff.) which speaks of a site between Monte Cavo and the Alban Lake. The site has been at various times identified with the convent of S. Paolo at Palazzola, near Albano, or with Coste Caselle, near Marino, or finally with Castel Gandolfo. The last of these places in fact occupies the site of Domitian's villa, which ancient sources state in turn occupied the arx of Alba. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Dionysius Halicarnassensis (of Halicarnassus), Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, flourished during the reign of Augustus. ... Alban Lake is near Alban Mount, 10 km in circuit, occupying the basin of an extinct volcano. ... Albano Laziale is a commune in the province of Rome, in Lazio (Latium). ... Castel Gandolfo. ... Arx, arcis, f. ...

Archaeological data available for the Iron Age show the existence of a string of villages, each one with its own necropolis, along the south-western shore of the Alban Lake. When Rome destroyed these villages they must have still been in a pre-urban phase, starting to group around a centre that may well have been Castel Gandolfo, since the necropolis there is significantly larger, suggesting a larger town.

In the later republican period the territory of Alba (the Ager Albanus) was settled once again with many residential villas, which are mentioned in ancient literature and of which remains are extant.

The shrine of Jupiter Latiaris

On the top of the Alban Mount was a very ancient shrine consecrated to Jupiter Latiaris. Florus (2nd century) states that the site was selected by Ascanius, who, having founded Alba, invited all the Latins to celebrate sacrifices there to Jupiter, a custom which eventually led to the annual celebration there of the Feriae Latinae, at which all the cities that belonged to the Latin Confederation would gather under the aegis of Alba, sacrificing a white bull, the flesh of which was distributed among all the participants. Florus, Roman historian, flourished in the time of Trajan and Hadrian. ... // Events Roman Empire governed by the Five Good Emperors (96–180) – Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius. ... Jupiter et Thétis - by Jean Ingres, 1811. ...

After Alba Longa was destroyed and her leadership role was assumed by Rome, tradition records the building of a full-scale temple to Jupiter Latiaris on the Alban Mount in the reign of Tarquinius Superbus; of which only a few courses of perimeter wall remain today, now removed off site; and substantial remains of the paved road that connected it to the Via Appia near Aricia. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (also called Tarquin the Great or Tarquin II) was the last of the seven legendary kings of Rome, son of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, and son-in-law of Servius Tullius. ... Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, Italy The Appian Way (Latin: Via Appia) is a famous road built by the Romans. ... Aricia was, according to Greek mythology, niece of Aegeus. ...

External links

• Albano
• Alba Longa

References

• Livy, Ab urbe condita (History of Rome), Book I