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Capetus Silvius

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Capetus or Capetus Silvius (said to have reigned 934-921 BC)[1](Template:Lang-la) was a descendant of Aeneas and one of the legendary Latin kings of Alba Longa. He was the son of Capys, and the father of Tiberinus, after whom the Tiber river was named. Geoffrey of Monmouth asserted in his Historia Regum Britanniae that Silvius (who he calls "Sylvius Epitus") succeeded Capys at the same time that Solomon began to build the Temple in Jerusalem and was visited by the Queen of Sheba, and king Leil of Britain founded Carlisle.[2]

Family tree

AnchisesVenusLatinusAmata
CreusaAeneasLavinia
IulusAscanius
Silvius
Aeneas Silvius
Latinus Silvius
Alba (Silvius)
Atys
Capys
Capetus
Tiberinus
Agrippa
Romulus Silvius
Aventinus
Proca
NumitorAmulius
Rhea SilviaMars
HersiliaRomulusRemus
Prima

References

  1. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus Roman Antiquities 1.71
  2. ^ Geoffrey of Monmouth (1842) [Written around 1136]. "Book 2, chapter 9" . History of the Kings of Britain . Translation by Aaron Thompson, revised and corrected by John Allen Giles – via Wikisource.
Legendary titles
Preceded by King of Alba Longa Succeeded by