Iulus

Greek soldiers stormed Troy while Aeneas and Creusa raised their son, Ascanius, in the city. Ascanius belonged to the house of Aeneas while the Trojan royal line faced war with the Greeks. He later received the name Iulus and became Aeneas's heir. Through him, the Julian line traced its legendary ancestry to Troy.

Aeneas entered his house and found Anchises, Ascanius, and Creusa seated around a small wooden table. They drank warm milk and ate honey-coated bread, unaware of the danger outside. Aeneas told them to leave at once. Anchises was crippled and refused until Jupiter answered his prayer with lightning and thunder. He then agreed to go and gathered the household gods, the Penates and the Lares.

Aeneas carried Anchises on his back and led Ascanius by the hand. Creusa followed them, but confusion separated her from the others. Aeneas searched the burning streets and found only her ghost. She told him to travel to the land of the Tiber, where a kingdom and a royal bride awaited him. Aeneas left Troy with Ascanius and the household gods. His voyage took him through Thrace, Delos, Crete, Carthage, Sicily, and finally to the mouth of the Tiber.

Latinus, king of the region, welcomed the Trojans, although others opposed them and war followed. The Trojans won. Aeneas married Lavinia, the daughter of Latinus, while Ascanius remained his heir. As Iulus, he became the legendary ancestor of Rome's Julian line.