Aeneas Silvius (said to have reigned 1110-1079 BC) is the son of Silvius, in some versions grandson of

Ascanius Ascanius (; Ancient Greek: Ἀσκάνιος) (said to have reigned 1176-1138 BC) was a legendary king of Alba Longa and is the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas and Creusa, daughter of Priam. He is a character in Roman mythology, and has a divine ...

and great-grandson, grandson or son of Aeneas. He is the third in the list of the mythical kings of

Alba Longa Alba Longa (occasionally written Albalonga in Italian sources) was an ancient Latin city in Central Italy, 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Rome, in the vicinity of Lake Albano in the Alban Hills. Founder and head of the Latin League, it was d ...

in Latium, and the

Silvii The kings of Alba Longa, or Alban kings (Latin: ''reges Albani''), were a series of legendary kings of Latium, who ruled from the ancient city of Alba Longa. In the mythic tradition of ancient Rome, they fill the 400-year gap between the settleme ...

regarded him as the founder of their house.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( grc, Διονύσιος Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἁλικαρνασσεύς, ; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary sty ...

ascribes to him a reign of 31 years. Ovid does not mention him among the Alban kings. Ovid, '' Metamorphoses'', xiv. 610, etc. According to Livy and Dionysius, the heir of Aeneas Silvius was named Latinus Silvius.

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* Kings of Alba Longa Characters in Book VI of the Aeneid {{AncientRome-bio-stub