Alba Longa ( lat. Alba Longa ) is an ancient Latin city in Lazio southeast of Rome .
| Ancient city | |
| Alba Longa | |
|---|---|
| ital. Albalonga | |
 Ancient Roman ruins in Albano Laziale - a possible location of the legendary Alba Longa | |
| Based | 1152 BC e. |
| Founder | Askaniy |
| Ruined | VII century BC er |
| Causes of destruction | Conquest |
| Names of residents | Albanian, Albanians [1] |
Content
History
According to legend, Alba Longa was founded around 1152 BC. er , 30 years after Lavinium , Ascanius , son of Aeneas , who later took the name Yul and became the ancestor of the clan Julius . Around the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. er was the center of the Latin Union .
In the VII century. BC er (under King Tullus Gostilia ) was destroyed by the Romans , but the sanctuary of Jupiter Laziaris, located in Alba Long, remained the sacred center of the union . Albanians were resettled in Rome, members of noble families ( Julia , Servilia , Quinction , Gegania , Curia , Clelia ) were recorded in the Roman patricians .
Alba Longa is the legendary homeland of Romulus and Remus .
See also
- List of Kings Alba Longa
Notes
- β Gorodetskaya I. L., Levashov E. A. Alba-Longa // Russian names of inhabitants: Dictionary-reference book. - M .: AST , 2003 .-- S. 26 .-- 363 p. - 5000 copies - ISBN 5-17-016914-0 .
Links
- Albalonga // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Roman Antiquities . - Cambridge, Chicago: Harvard University, University of Chicago, 1937-1950, 2007.
- Livius, Titus; D. Spillan (Translator). The History of Rome, Books 1 to 8 . Project Gutenberg (1853, 2006). Date of treatment July 13, 2009. Archived August 26, 2011.
- Huyzendveld, Antonia Alba Longa . Digiter geoarchaeologia (2000). Date of treatment July 13, 2009. Archived August 26, 2011.
- Piperno, Roberto Giuseppe Vasi's Digression - Albano . romeartlovers.it (2009). Date of treatment July 13, 2009. Archived August 26, 2011.
- Richter, GMA (1976, 2009), "ALBA LONGA (Castel Gandolfo) Latium, Italy" , in Stillwell, Richard, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites , Princeton, Medford: Princeton University Press, Perseus Digital Library , < http: // icarus.umkc.edu/sandbox/perseus/pecs/page.146.a.php >
- Lukyanov A. Italy and early Rome . 2014.