Aventinus Silvius

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Aventinus Silvius is a descendant of Aeneas and the twelfth king of Alba Longa in Roman mythology .

His predecessor was Romulus Silvius . He ruled for 37 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 856 to 819 BC. The Aventine Hill in Rome is said to be named after him. His successor was Proca .

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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 29th Vol., H. 1 (1894), pp. 124-142.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the list of Livy.
  2. ^ Maurus Servius Honoratius commentary on Aeneid 7,657 online .
predecessor Office successor
Romulus Silvius King of Alba Longa
856 to 819 BC Chr. 		Proca