Alba Longa
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Alba Longa was an ancient Latin city in Central Italy in the vicinity of Lake Albano in the Alban Hills. The ancient Romans believed it to be the founder and head of the Latin League, before it was de
Castel Gandolfo on a long, sunlit ridge overlooking Lake Albano, the most likely site of ancient Alba Longa
In the temple of Vesta, painting by Constantin Hölscher, 1902
AR serrate denarius of C. Sulpicius C. f. Galba
Aeneas
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Aeneas was a Trojan hero in Greco-Roman mythology, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite. His father was a second cousin of King Priam of Troy, making Aeneas a third co
Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the leg of Aeneas, with Aeneas's son, Ascanius, crying beside him. Antique fresco from Pompeii.
Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 (Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy)
Coinage of Aenea, with portrait of Aeneas. c. 510–480 BCE.
Venus and Anchises by William Blake Richmond (1889 or 1890)