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Alba Longa

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Al·ba Lon·ga  (lb lôngg, lng-)
A city of ancient Latium in central Italy southeast of Rome. It was founded before 1100 b.c. and according to legend was the birthplace of Romulus and Remus.
Alba Longa [ˈælbə ˈlɒŋgə]
n
(Placename) a city of ancient Latium, southeast of modern Rome: the legendary birthplace of Romulus and Remus


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Still, there would appear to be a difference between the convolutions of Theseus and Ascanius: Ascanius and his companions are trying to weave a barrier between an inside and an outside, just as the walls of a city like Alba Longa did.
Labyrinth dances in the French and English Renaissance by Greene, Thomas M. / Renaissance Quarterly
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