Aemilia

Aeneas defeated Turnus after Turnus killed Pallas, and the war ended. Aeneas had already slain Lausus and Mezentius, two allies of Latinus, during the fighting. He then made lasting peace with Latinus and married Lavinia, the daughter of Latinus. Together, Aeneas and Latinus ruled the Latins. Aeneas founded a city in Latium and named it Lavinia after his bride. The city became the capital of Latium for a time. Aeneas and Lavinia had a daughter, Aemilia. Aemilia later united with Mars in his sacred grove and gave birth to twin sons, Romulus and Remus. Through Aemilia, the twins descended from Aeneas and Lavinia. Through Mars, they descended from the god of war. Their birth joined the Trojan royal line to the divine line of Mars. In another telling, the twins were born to Rhea Silvia, the daughter of Numitor, king of Alba Longa and a descendant of Aeneas. Numitor’s brother, Amulius, seized the throne, killed Numitor’s sons, and sent Rhea Silvia to the temple of Vesta. She vowed to remain chaste for thirty years, but she said that Mars had taken her against her will. When Amulius learned that she had borne twins, he ordered Rhea Silvia and the infants drowned in the Tiber. The twins were set adrift, but they reached the riverbank. A she-wolf heard their cries, carried them to her cave, and nursed them. A woodpecker guarded them and brought them food. Local shepherds later found the boys and raised them.