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Capetus or Capetus Silvius (said to have reigned 934–921 BC)
Capetus or Capetus Silvius (said to have reigned 934–921 BC)Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (,
; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary style was ''atticistic'' – imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime.
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''Roman Antiquities'' 1.71() was a descendant of Aeneas
In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas ( , ; from ) was a Troy, Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus (mythology), Venus). His father was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy ...
and one of the legendary Latin kings of Alba Longa
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 ...
. He was the son of Capys
In Roman and Greek mythology, Capys (; Ancient Greek: Κάπυς) was a name attributed to three individuals:
* Capys, king of Dardania.Virgil, ''Aeneid'2.35/ref>
*Capys, the Trojan who warned not to bring the Trojan horse into the city.
*Capys ...
, and the father of Tiberinus, after whom the Tiber river
The Tiber ( ; ; ) is the List of rivers of Italy, third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the R ...
was named.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth (; ; ) was a Catholic cleric from Monmouth, Wales, and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur. He is best known for his chronicle '' The History of ...
''History of the Kings of Britain
(''The History of the Kings of Britain''), originally called (''On the Deeds of the Britons''), is a fictitious account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives of the kings of the Britons ove ...
'' In parentheses Publications Medieval Latin Series Cambridge, ''Ontario'' 1999 page 27.
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