Alba Sylvius

, son of Latin us Sylvius, succeeded his father in the kingdom of Latium, and reigned 36 years. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 14 , li. 612 .――Longa, a city of Latium, built by As can i us, B.C. 1152, on the spot where Æneas found, according to the prophecy of Helenus ( Virgil , Æneid , bk. 3 , li. 390 , . ), and of the god of the river ( Æneid , bk. 8 , li. 43 ), a white sow with 30 young ones. It was called longa because it extended along the hill Albinus. The descendants of Æneas reigned there in the following order: 1. As can i us, son of Æneas, with little intermi ion, eight years. 2. Sylvius Post humus, 29 years. 3. Æneas Sylvius, 31 years. 4. Latin us, five years. 5. Alba, 36 years. 6. Atys, or Capetus, 26 years. 7. Capys, 28 years. 8. Calpetus, 13 years. 9. Tiberinus, eight years. 10. Agrippa, 33 years. 11. Remulus, 19 years. 12. A vent in us, 37 years. 13. Procas, 13 years. 14. Numitor and Amulius. Alba, which had long been the powerful rival of Rome, was destroyed by the Romans, 665 B.C., and the inhabitants were carried to Rome. Livy. — Florus. — Justin , . ――A city of the Marsi in Italy.――Pompeia, a city of Liguria. Pliny , bk. 3 , ch. 5 .