AscAnius
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Roman The son of Aeneas and his
wife, Creusa (2). When Troy fell (see Trojan War),
Ascanius fled with his parents and his grandfather,
Anchises. He is said to have founded Alba Longa, a
city of ancient Latium near Lake Albano, southeast
of Rome. Since he is also called Iulus or Julus, the
family of Julius Caesar, the mighty Roman emperor,
claimed descent from him. The story of Ascanius is
told by the Latin poet Virgil in the Aeneid.