"Aeneas, of the Roman lineage author, | with his celestial weapons and shield | who had come from the stars earlier, | I went out on the other side, and with me on equal terms | Ascanius, his son, of the great Rome | the second hope. (book XII)"
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Ascanio or Iulus (lived: 12th century B.C.E., was the legendary king of Alba Longa and is the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas and Creusa, daughter of Priam, mentioned in the Aeneid.
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