Ascănius

, son of Æneas by Creusa, was saved from the flames of Troy by his father, whom he accompanied in his voyage to Italy. He was afterwards called Iulus. He behaved with great valour in the war which his father carried on against the Latins, and succeeded Æneas in the kingdom of Latin us, and built Alba, to which he transferred the seat of his empire from Lavinium. The descendants of As can i us reigned in Alba for above 420 years, under 14 kings, till the age of Numitor. As can i us reigned 38 years; 30 at Lavinium, and eight at Alba; and was succeeded by Sylvius Post humus son of Æneas by Lavinia. Iulus the son of As can i us disputed the crown with him; but the Latins gave it in favour of Sylvius, as he was descended from the family of Latin us, and Iulus was invested with the office of high priest, which remained a long while in his family. Livy , bk. 1 , ch. 3 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 1 , . ――According to Dionysius of Halicarna us , bk. 1 , ch. 15 , . , the son of Æneas by Lavinia was also called As can i us.――A river of Bithynia. Virgil , Georgics , bk. 3 , li. 270 .