Back ألبا لونغا Arabic البا لونجا ARZ Алба Лонга Bulgarian Alba Longa Breton Alba Longa Catalan Alba Longa Czech Alba Longa Danish Alba Longa German Άλμπα Λόνγκα Greek Alba Longa Esperanto
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| Location | Italy |
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| Region | Alban Hills |
| Coordinates | 41°44′49″N 12°39′01″E / 41.74691°N 12.65026°E |
| Type | Ancient |
| Part of | Italy |
| History | |
| Founded | 1200 BC (mythologically)[1] |
| Abandoned | c. 700 BC[2] |
| Periods | Classical antiquity |
Alba Longa (occasionally written Albalonga in Italian sources) was an ancient Latin city in Central Italy in the vicinity of Lake Albano in the Alban Hills. The ancient Romans believed it to be the founder and head of the Latin League, before it was destroyed by the Roman Kingdom around the middle of the 7th century BC and its inhabitants were forced to settle in Rome. In legend, Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome, had come from the royal dynasty of Alba Longa, which in Virgil's Aeneid had been the bloodline of Aeneas, a son of Venus.[3][4][5]
According to Livy, Roman patrician families such as the Julii, Servilii, Quinctii, Geganii, Curiatii and Cloelii originated in Alba Longa.[5]
- ^ Cornell 1995, p. 71.
- ^ Cornell 1995, p. 71. "The 'eclipse' (but not necessarily the disappearance) of the Alban villages at the beginning of the eighth century BC..."
- ^ Guralnik, David B, ed. (1986). "Alba Longa". Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (Second College ed.). New York, NY: Prentice Hall Press. ISBN 0-671-41809-2. (indexed), (plain edge), (pbk.), (LeatherKraft).
- ^ Mish, Frederick C, ed. (1985). "Alba Longa". Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (9th ed.). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc. ISBN 0-87779-508-8. (indexed), (deluxe).
- ^ a b Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1:28–30