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Rhea (or Rea) Silvia (Latin: [ˈreːa ˈsɪɫu̯ia]), also known as Ilia, [1] (as well as other names) [a] was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This event was portrayed numerous times in Roman art. [ 5 ]
Rhea Silvia Romulus ( / ˈ r ɒ m j ʊ l ə s / , Classical Latin : [ˈroːmʊɫʊs] ) was the legendary founder and first king of Rome . Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions to Romulus and his contemporaries.
Romulus and Remus were born in Alba Longa, one of the many ancient Latin cities near the Seven hills of Rome.Their mother Rhea Silvia, also known as Ilia, [2] was a Vestal Virgin and the daughter of former king Numitor, who had been displaced by his brother Amulius.
Romulus Silvius from Nuremberg chronicles. Romulus Silvius (said to have reigned 873-854 BC) [1] was a descendant of Aeneas and a king of Alba Longa.Alba Longa was a city near the site of Rome, founded later by Romulus, his great-great-great-grandson in 753 BC.
He was the son of Procas, descendant of Aeneas the Trojan, and father of the twins' mother, Rhea Silvia, and Lausus. [1] a. In 794 BC [2] Procas died and was meant to be succeeded by Numitor. Instead he was overthrown and removed from the kingdom by his brother, Amulius, who had no respect for his father's will or his brother's seniority. [3]
The city of Alba Longa, often abbreviated Alba, was a Latin settlement in the montes Albani, or Alban Hills, near the present site of Castel Gandolfo in Latium. [4] Although the exact location remains difficult to prove, there is archaeological evidence of Iron Age settlements in the area traditionally identified as the site. [5]
The Trojan genealogy of Nennius was written in the Historia Brittonum of Nennius and was created to merge Greek mythology with Christian themes. As a description of the genealogical line of Aeneas of Troy, Brutus of Britain, and Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, it is an example of the foundation genealogies found not only in early Irish, Welsh and Saxon texts but also in Roman sources.
Her alternative name is Rhea Silvia. XIV: 780-823 [120] Inachus: River deity in Argolis and father of Io. I: 583–645, IX: 686 [121] Ino: Daughter of Cadmus and queen of Thebes. Deified as Leucothea. III: 313–722, IV: 417-543 [122] Io: Nymph, daughter of Inachus. Io was raped by Jupiter and in jealousy Juno metamorphosed Io into a cow. Io ...