Alba Longa

A city of ancient Latium, in the Alban Hills near Lake Albano, located 12 miles SE of Rome. It was already a city before 1100 B.C. and considered the most powerful in Latium at the time. Legend says that it was founded by Ascanius, son of Aeneas, and that Romulus and Remus were born there, therefore making it the mother city of Rome.