Romulus Silvius

Family tree of the Latin kings of Alba Longa
AnchisesVenusLatinus
CreusaAeneasLavinia
Ascanius or IulusSilvius
SilviusAeneas Silvius
Brutus of BritainLatinus Silvius
Alba Silvius
Atys
Capys
Capetus Silvius
Tiberinus Silvius
Agrippa
Romulus Silvius
Aventinus
Procas
NumitorAmulius
Rhea SilviaAres/Mars
HersiliaRomulusRemus
Kings of Rome

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 also known as Aremulus or Alladius. Romulus Silvius is said to have been a wicked ruler and pretended to know how to make thunder in order to frighten his subjects into worshiping him as a god. He perished in a thunderstorm with excessive rain.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus Roman Antiquities 1.71
Legendary titles
Preceded by
Agrippa		 King of Alba Longa Succeeded by
Aventinus
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