The Building Of Lavinium, Livy Flashcards
Ascanius (mother confusion)
May have been either Lavinia’s (named Iulus) or Creusa’s child
the town of Lavinium
Named after Aeneas’s new wife Lavinia
Built by the Trojans
Turnus
King of the Rutulians
Had been engaged to Lavinia
Started a war against the Trojans And the Latins
Outcome of the war (Aeneas and Turnus)
Rutulians lost
Turnus killed
Latinus killed
-Aeneas called both tribes Latins
The defeated Rutulians’s decision
The Defeated Rutulians joined with the Etruscans and their king Mezentius who also thought the Trojans were getting to strong
Aeneas’s death
Didn't wait for the enemy (Etruscans+Rutulians under Mezentius) Behind his walls Met them head on The Latins won but Aeneas was killed -the locals call him the local Jupiter
Aeneas’s heir to the thrown
His son Iulus/Ascanius was to be king
Lavinia kept his throne until he was old enough
Iulus descendant claims
Julius Caesar claimed to be a descendant of Iulus
Why Livy doesn’t support a single one
“It is useless to discuss which is true, as it was so long ago you could never decide”
Reasons for Ascanius
Being the son of Creusa means that the emperors can claim Trojan inheritance
Reasons for Iulus
Julius Ceasar claimed to descend from the son of Lavinia
Livy didn’t want to disrespect the emperors
Ascanius as king
Went to found his own city called Alba Longa
The Latin city’s were so prosperous and powerful no one dared to Attack them