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Antias (other)
Antias, a name derived from the Roman colony of Antium, may refer to: * Anteias or Antias, mythological founder of Antium * Lucius Valerius Antias, Roman general * Valerius Antias Valerius Antias ( century BC) was an ancient Roman annalist whom Livy mentions as a source. No complete works of his survive but from the sixty-five fragments said to be his in the works of other authors it has been deduced that he wrote a chron ..., Roman annalist See also * {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anteias
Anteias or Antias ( grc, Ἀντείας or grc, Ἀντίας) was in Roman mythology a figure in some versions of Rome's foundation myth. He was one of the three sons of Odysseus by Circe, and brother to Rhomos and Ardeas, each of whom were said to have founded a major Roman city, much like the Romulus and Remus myth. The town of Anteia or Antium in Italy was said to have been founded by, and taken its name from, this Anteias. This characterization primarily comes to us from the writings of the historian Xenagoras. Xenagoras was likely writing at a time that Antium was being assimilated into the identity of Rome, Antium having been the capital of the Volsci people before their defeat in the Roman-Volscian wars of the 4th century BCE, after which the Romans sent colonists to Antium to more fully enculturate the city as "Roman". Modern scholars believe this characterization to indicate that Antium was considered at the time to be a city on equal footing with Rome , estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Valerius Antias
Lucius Valerias Antias was a commander of ancient Rome. He was sent by Publius Valerius Flaccus with five ships in 215 BCE to convey to Rome the Carthaginian ambassadors, who had been captured by the Romans on their way to Philip V of Macedon. Some historians have speculated that Livy's mention of this man is derived from the works of the historian Valerius Antias, who may have invented "Lucius Valerias Antias" as a naval ancestor for himself, to indicate that his family had played an early role in the Roman political life of the Valerii The gens Valeria was a patrician family at ancient Rome, prominent from the very beginning of the Republic to the latest period of the Empire. Publius Valerius Poplicola was one of the consuls in 509 BC, the year that saw the overthrow of th .... Other historians think it plausible this Antias existed, and may have served with Flaccus as a family dependent. Notes {{DGRBM, author=WS, title=Antias, volume=1, page=184, url=http://quod.lib.um ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |