Si'lviusthe son of Ascanius, is said to have been so called because he was born in a wood. All the
succeeding kings of Alba bore the cognomen Silvius. The series of these mythical kings is
given somewhat differently by Livy, Ovid, and Dionysius, as the following list will show
(Liv. 1.3; Ov. Met. 14.609,
&c.; Dionys. A. R. 1.70, 71).
Livy. | Ovid. | Dionysius. |
| 1. Aeneas. | Aeneas. | Aeneas. |
| 2. Ascanius. | Ascanius. | Ascanius. |
| 3. Silvius. | Silvius. | Silvius. |
| 4. Aeneas Silvius. | | Aeneas Silvius. |
| 5. Latinus Silvius. | Latinus. | Latinus Silvius. |
| 6. Alba. | Alba. | Alba. |
| 7. Atys. | Epytus. | Capetus. |
| 8. Capys. | Capys. | Capys Silvius. |
| 9. Capetus. | Capetus. | Calpetus. |
| 10. Tiberinus. | Tiberinus. | Tiberinus. |
| 11. Agrippa. | Remulus. | Agrippa. |
| 12. Romulus Silvius. | Acrota. | Alladius. |
| 13. Aventinus. | Aventinus. | Aventinus. |
| 14. Proca. | Palatinus. | Procas. |
| 15. Amulius. | Amulius. | Amulius. |