Numitor

This article is about the Roman mythological king. For the ship, see USS Numitor.

In Roman mythology, King Numitor (Classical Latin: [ˈnʊmɪtɔr]) of Alba Longa was the maternal grandfather of Rome's founder and first king, Romulus, and his twin brother Remus. He was the son of Procas, descendant of Aeneas the Trojan, and father of the twins' mother, Rhea Silvia, and Lausus.[1]a

In 794 BC[2] Procas died and was meant to be succeeded by Numitor. Instead he was overthrown and removed from the kingdom by his brother, Amulius, who had no respect for his father's will or his brother's seniority.[3] Amulius also murdered Numitor's sons, in an effort to remove power from his brother for himself.[3]

Rhea Silvia was made a Vestal Virgin by Amulius, rendering her unable to have children on pain of death; however, according to myth, she was forcibly impregnated by the god Mars.[4] Romulus and Remus overthrew Amulius and reinstated Numitor as king in 752 BC.[5]

Family tree

Descent of the Kings of Alba Longa
AnchisesVenusLatinusAmata
CreusaAeneasLavinia
IulusSilvius
Aeneas Silvius
Latinus Silvius
Alba (Silvius)
Atys
Capys
Capetus
Tiberinus
Agrippa
Romulus Silvius
Aventinus
Proca
NumitorAmulius
Rhea SilviaMars
HersiliaRomulusRemus
Prima

See also

Notes

^ Ovid names his children as Lausus and Ilia[6] whereas Livy says Amulius had his two sons killed.[7]

References

  1. ^ Ovid Fasti IV
  2. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus Roman Antiquities 71.4
  3. ^ a b Livy I.3.10
  4. ^ Livy I.4.2
  5. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus Roman Antiquities 71.5
  6. ^ Ovid Fasti IV.54
  7. ^ Livy Roman History I.3.10
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