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
But at Alba Longa there also reigned kings descended from Aeneas, who had come to Latium after the capture of Troy bringing with him the Palladium, the sacred image of Pallas.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
In the hollow called the Asylum lived the runaway serfs from Alba Longa, fishermen from the river bank, pagans and foresters from a dozen places.
From The Childhood of Rome by Lamprey, Louise
The first son of the Britons, "Brutus," was, according to Galfred, great-grandson of �neas, and migrated from Alba Longa to Ireland.
From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.
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