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Capetus or Capetus Silvius (said to have reigned 934-921 BC) Dionysius of Halicarnassus ''Roman Antiquities'' 1.71() was a descendant of
Capetus or Capetus Silvius (said to have reigned 934-921 BC) Dionysius of Halicarnassus ''Roman Antiquities'' 1.71() was a descendant of Aeneas
In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (, ; from ) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). His father was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy (both being grandsons ...
and one of the legendary Latin kings of Alba Longa
The kings of Alba Longa, or Alban kings (Latin: ''reges Albani''), were a series of legendary kings of Latium, who ruled from the ancient city of Alba Longa. In the mythic tradition of ancient Rome, they fill the 400-year gap between the settleme ...
. He was the son of Capys
In Roman mythology, Roman and Greek mythology, Capys (; Ancient Greek: Κάπυς) was a name attributed to three individuals:
*Capys of Dardania, Capys, king of Dardania (Troas), Dardania.Virgil, ''Aeneid'2.35/ref>
*Capys, the Troy, Trojan who wa ...
, and the father of Tiberinus, after whom the Tiber river
The Tiber ( ; it, Tevere ; la, Tiberis) is the third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the Ri ...
was named.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth ( la, Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, cy, Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; 1095 – 1155) was a British cleric from Monmouth, Wales and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography ...
''History of the Kings of Britain
''Historia regum Britanniae'' (''The History of the Kings of Britain''), originally called ''De gestis Britonum'' (''On the Deeds of the Britons''), is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. I ...
'' In parentheses Publications Medieval Latin Series Cambridge, ''Ontario'' 1999 page 27.
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