For the pope born Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Aeneas Sylvius in Latin), see Pope Pius II.
Aeneas Silvius is the son of Silvius, grandson of Ascanius and great-grandson of Aeneas. He is the third in the list of the mythical kings of Alba Longa in Latium, and the Silvii regarded him as the founder of their house.[1] Dionysius of Halicarnassus[2] ascribes to him a reign of 31 years.[3] Ovid does not mention him among the Alban kings.[4] According to Livy and Dionysius the heir of Aeneas Silvius was named Latinus Silvius.
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This entry incorporates public domain text originally from:
- William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1870.
