Ascanius
The son of
Aeneas (q.v.) and Creüsa.
According to the ordinary account, he accompanied his father to Italy, and, thirty years after
the building of Lavinium, founded Alba Longa, where, after his death, his step-brother Silvius
reigned. To him, by his name of Iulus, the gens Iulia traced its origin. See
Trojan War.