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  2. Aeneas - Wikipedia

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    Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 (Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy). In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ə s / ih-NEE-əs, [1] Latin: [äe̯ˈneːäːs̠]; from Ancient Greek: Αἰνείας, romanized: Aineíās) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). [2]

  3. Brutus of Troy - Wikipedia

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    Brutus, also called Brute of Troy, is a mythical British king.He is described as a legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Aeneas, known in medieval British legend as the eponymous founder and first king of Britain.

  4. Shield of Aeneas - Wikipedia

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    The Shield of Aeneas is the shield that Aeneas receives from the god Vulcan in Book VIII of Virgil's Aeneid to aid in his war against the Rutuli. Imprinted on the front of the shield is a grand depiction of the destiny of Aeneas' descendants and the future of Rome.

  5. Kings of Alba Longa - Wikipedia

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    In the Forum of Augustus, statues of the kings of Alba Longa and members of the Julian family were placed with Aeneas [49] in the northwest hemicycle. In that hemicycle were the statues of Aeneas, [I 1] the kings of Alba Longa, [I 2] and M. Claudius Marcellus, C. Julius Caesar Strabo, and Julius Caesar (the adoptive father of Augustus) among ...

  6. Ascanius - Wikipedia

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    The boy Ascanius weeps and Venus hovers nearby as the physician Iapyx treats the wound of Aeneas (wall painting from Pompeii, 1st century AD). Ascanius (/ ə ˈ s k eɪ n i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀσκάνιος) [1] was a legendary king of Alba Longa (1176-1138 BC) and the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas and Creusa, daughter of Priam.

  7. Anchises - Wikipedia

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    Anchises then shows Aeneas some of his descendants and discusses their deeds. [7] He first mentions his son Silvius who will be born from Aeneas and Lavinia but after Aeneas is dead. [7] Anchises then tells him of Romulus who is descended from Silvius, a member of the Caesarian line descended from Ascanius.

  8. Aeneads - Wikipedia

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    In Roman mythology, the Aeneads (Ancient Greek: Αἰνειάδαι) were the friends, family and companions of Aeneas, with whom they fled from Troy after the Trojan War. Aenides was another patronymic from Aeneas, which is applied by Gaius Valerius Flaccus to the inhabitants of Cyzicus , [ 1 ] whose town was believed to have been founded by ...

  9. Latins (Italic tribe) - Wikipedia

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    A passage in Homer's Iliad contains the prophecy that Aeneas and his descendants would one day rule the Trojans. [54] Since the Trojans had been expelled from their own city, it was speculated that Aeneas and other Trojan survivors must have migrated elsewhere. View of the Alban Hills, a volcanic plateau 20km SE of Rome. The region saw early ...