Alba Silvius

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In Roman mythology, Alba Silvius is a descendant of Aeneas and the fifth king of Alba Longa .

His predecessor was his father Latinus Silvius . According to legendary lore, he ruled for 39 years. If one uses the reigns given by Dionysius of Halicarnassus with a back calculation from the traditional year of the founding of Rome , this corresponds to the years 1030 to 991 BC. There are various statements about his successor. According to Livius it was a son named Atys , with Ovid the name is Epytus and with Dionysius of Halicarnassus the successor is called Capetus .

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  • Livy, Ab urbe condita 1,3.
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 14,609-621. Fasti 4 Praefatio.
  • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1,71.

literature

  • Conrad Trieber : On the criticism of Eusebios. I. The King's Table from Alba Longa. In: Hermes . Volume 29, Issue 1 (1894), pp. 124-142 ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the list of Titus Livius .
predecessor Office successor
Latinus Silvius King of Alba Longa
1030 to 991 BC Chr. 		Atys