LATIN

AENEAS'S SON SILVIUS

• He was the king of Alba Longa.
• He was named after his birthplace, silva (latin for forest or wood).
• Silvius was the king since he won over his brother, ascanius
• Brutus, his son, accidently shot him in a hunting incident,
• which killed him

AENEAS'S SON SILVIUS CONT.

• Silvii regarded him as founder of Alba Longa.
• He's not on the list of the Alban Kings

ALBA LONGA

• Located in present day Italy or ancient day Latium
• 12 miles southeast of rome
• considered the "ager albanus" a premium wine-growing region
• produced peperino, volcanic stone and building material
• It was destroyed in the VIIth century BC.

ALBA LONGA CONT

• Mother city of Rome
• Romans were accused of destroying it

ROMULUS AND REMUS

• twin brothers
• abandoned as babies and put in a basket
• A female wolf cared for the brothers
• Later they were found by a shephard
• They decided to find the city where the wolf found them

ROMULUS AND REMUS CONT.

• Romulus kills remus
• They were arguing about who founded rome

FOUNDING OF ROME

• 753 B.C is the founding
• Romulus is the founder
• Named after romulus
• through traditional stories passed down
• from ancient romans explained the history of rome

FOUNDING OF ROME CONT

SOURCES

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvius_(mythology)
• http://www.mythologydictionary.com/silvius-mythology.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_of_Rome
• http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/romulus_and_remus.htm
• http://www.digiter.it/albaen.htm

SOURCES

• http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/italicpeople/g/022411-Alba-Longa.htm