Ascanius

Quartigod son of Aeneas by Creusa daughter of Priam. The canonical foundation-figure of the Roman gens Iulia's ancestral claim to Trojan-Aphrodisian descent — the genealogy through which Julius Caesar and Augustus claimed Venus-divine ancestry. Founder of Alba Longa per Livy and Dionysius. The Iulian-Silvian succession-schism (Iulus vs Silvius) at his death is the foundation-narrative of the Alban king-list dynastic structure that terminates in Romulus.

Parentage

• father: AeneasVergil, Aen. 2.666 (primary)
• parent: Creusa of Troy

Powers

• Founded the city of Alba Longa
• Slew Numanus Remulus with his first arrow-shot

Relations

• father: AeneasVergil, Aen. 2.666 (primary)
• mother: Creusa (daughter of Priam, first wife of Aeneas, lost during the flight from Troy) · GreekVergil, Aen. 2.738-794 (primary)
• half sibling: SilviusHalf-brother through their shared father Aeneas; Silvius is Aeneas's son by Lavinia. The succession-rivalry between Ascanius's line (Iulus) and Silvius's line is the foundation of the Alban king-list.Livy 1.3.6; Dion. Hal. 1.70 (primary)
• half sibling: EtiasHalf-sister through their shared father Aeneas; Etias is the eponym of Etis in Laconia.Pausanias 3.22.11 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Vergil, Aeneid passim (the central ancestor-figure of the Roman foundation-myth); Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 1.1-3; Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.65-72; Apollodorus, Epitome 5.21; Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 13.300-353; Cato, Origines (fragments) (primary)
• parentage: Vergil, Aen. 2.666-678; Livy 1.3.1 (primary)