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Acca Larentia | in Roman mythology, she was the wife of Faustulus who helped to care for the abandoned brothers Romulus and Remus

Aeneas | hero of both the Iliad and Virgil's eponymous Aeneid; son of Venus and Anchises

Ascanius | the son of Aeneas; he is credited with founding the city of Alba Longa in Italy

Camilla | a native of Italy, she fought in the war against the Trojan Aeneas

Cloelia | this Roman girl was held hostage by the Etruscans; she escaped, and her bravery so impressed her captors that they began friendly relations with Rome

Dido | Carthaginian Queen who was involved in an ill-fated affair with Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid

Faustulus | shepherd who found and raised (with his wife Acca Larentia) the twins Romulus and Remus

Hercules | the Romans borrowed this hero from the Greeks (Herakles), and Latinized his name into the familiar Hercules

Hersilia | this heroine was the wife of Romulus, and she was also taken prisoner during the notorious abduction of the Sabine women

Horatii | a trio of brothers who engaged in a famous and legendary duel on behalf of Rome

Latinus | king ruling in Italy (Latium) until the coming of Aeneas; Virgil makes him the son of the god Faunus and the nymph Marcia

Lavinia | daughter of Latinus and Amata; she appears in Virgil's Aeneid

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