Silvius or Sylvius may refer to:

In fiction and mythology

Alba Silvius Alba Silvius (said to have reigned 1028–989 BC) was in Roman mythology the fifth king of Alba Longa. He was the son of Latinus Silvius and the father of Atys. He reigned thirty-nine years. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, i. 71 Later traditi ...

, a Roman mythology king *

Aeneas Silvius Aeneas Silvius (said to have reigned 1110-1079 BC) is the son of Silvius, in some versions grandson of Ascanius and great-grandson, grandson or son of Aeneas. He is the third in the list of the mythical kings of Alba Longa in Latium, and the ...

, a mythological king * Latinus Silvius, a mythological king *

Romulus Silvius Romulus Silvius (said to have reigned 873-854 BC) Dionysius of Halicarnassus ''Roman Antiquities'' 1.71 was a descendant of Aeneas and a king of Alba Longa. Alba Longa was a city near the site of Rome, founded later by Romulus, his great-great-g ...

, a mythological king *

Silvius (fictional character) ''As You Like It'' is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has b ...

, a minor character in the pastoral comedy ''As You Like It'' *

Silvius (mythology) In Roman mythology, Silvius ( la, Silvǐus; grc, Σιλούιος, also spelled Sylvius)Dionysius of Halicarnassus ''Roman Antiquities'' 1.70 or Silvius Postumus, was either the son of Aeneas and Lavinia or the son of Ascanius. He succeeded Asca ...

, a king of Alba in Roman mythology *

Silvius Brabo Silvius Brabo �sɪɫviəz ˈbraːboːwas a mythical Roman soldier who was said to have killed a giant, and by this would have created the name '' Brabant''. Later this story was also used to explain the name '' Antwerp'' ('Antwerpen' in Dutch) ...

, a mythical Roman soldier * Tiberinus Silvius, a mythological king

People (real)

Sylvius of Toulouse Saint Sylvius of Toulouse (Silvius, french: Selve, Sylve) was bishop of Toulouse The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toulouse (–Saint Bertrand de Comminges–Rieux) ( la, Archidioecesis Tolosana (–Convenarum–Rivensis); French: ''Archidiocè ...

(4th century), Gallo-Roman bishop of Toulouse and saint * Francis Sylvius (1581-1649), Flemish Catholic theologian * Franciscus Sylvius (1614-1672), Dutch scientist and physician *

Jacobus Sylvius Jacques Dubois ( Latinised as Jacobus Sylvius; 1478 – 14 January 1555) was a French anatomist. Dubois was the first to describe venous valves, although their function was later discovered by William Harvey. He was the brother of Franciscus Sy ...

(1478–1555), French anatomist * Johan Sylvius (1620–1695), Swedish painter *

Sylvius Leopold Weiss Sylvius Leopold Weiss (12 October 168716 October 1750) was a German composer and lutenist. Born in Grottkau near Breslau, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served at courts in Breslau, Rome, and Dresden, where he died. Until ...

(1687–1750), German composer and lutenist * Silvius Condpan (d. 2011), Indian National Congress politician *

Silvius Magnago Silvius Magnago (5 February 1914 – 25 May 2010) was a South Tyrolean politician. Biography Magnago was born in Merano, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on 5 February 1914. In 1936 he graduated from the grammar school of ...

(1914–2010), retired Italian politician

Other uses

* ''Silvius'' (fly), a genus of horsefly {{disambiguation, given name Masculine given names