Alba Longa was founded by AEneas' son, Ascanius, and housed the fire of Vesta, that Trojans had brought from Troy when they were displaced by the Trojan War of which Homer sang. Formerly head of a league of cities, it was destroyed by Rome in the time of the kings, under Tullus Hostilius (according to tradition), but the Temple of Vesta remained.
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