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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of ancient Latium in central Italy southeast of Rome. According to legend, it was founded before 1100 BC and was the birthplace of Romulus and Remus.

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  • His son Ascanius left the low and unhealthy site of Lavinium, and founded a city on higher ground, which was called Alba Longa (the long, white city), and the mountain on the side of which it was, the

    The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

  • After him his son Iulus should reign for thirty years, and build a city to be called Alba Longa, where his descendants would hold sovereign power for three hundred years.

    Story of Aeneas Michael Clarke 1880

  • "Alba Longa," from which Rome sprang, is an interesting spot, but the newly discovered spiritual birthplace of America may excite deeper emotions.

    Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 Various 1885

  • Caesar claimed descent from the Roman goddess Venus, and the ancient kings of Alba Longa, one of Rome's first acquisitions.

    The Caesar Factor 2007

  • We were the Kings of Alba Longa, and after it fell to King Servius Tullius of Rome, we were brought into Rome as her foremost citizens.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • After Aeneas died and Iulus grew up, he founded the city of Alba Longa on the Alban Mount-uphill from Bovillae, you might say.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • Patricians of the tribe Fabia, once the Kings of Alba Longa, and descended from Iulus, who was the son of Aeneas, who was the son of the goddess Venus.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • The eldest son, Scipio Aemilianus, proved the most militarily competent of the rebels, and held out in Alba Longa for some time.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • Which is the difference between the blond Julius Caesars from Alba Longa and the blond Pompeys from Picenum.

    The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

  • Ten miles northwest of Rome was Veii, an Etruscan city, and about the same distance southeast was Alba Longa.

    Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. Robert Franklin Pennell

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