Alba Longa
Americannoun
noun
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Traditionally it is the site of Alba Longa, birthplace of Romulus' and Remus.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was always held to be the real founder of Rome because Romulus and Remus, the actual founders, were born in the city his son built, in Alba Longa.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
On finding this out, they collected an army, with which they drove away Amulius, and brought their grandfather back to Alba Longa.
From Young Folks' History of Rome by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
There Alba's walls renowned, When twice ten times hath rolled the circling year, Called Alba Longa, shall Ascanius found.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Such an idea, to Colonus, to Emilius in the Sabine village, or even to the old chief Numa on Alba Longa would have seemed wildly impossible.
From The Childhood of Rome by Lamprey, Louise
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