The story of Aeneas XII century bC
Troy Once upon a time, a prosperous town called... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theprocessionofthetrojanhorseintroybygiovannidomenicotiepolo.jpg
was completely destroyed by... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troy_Walls.jpg the Greek army under the command of...
...King Agamemnon http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masque-agamemnon.jpg
Only a few Trojan heroes survived the tragedy. Among them... ...Aeneas, his old father Anchises and his son Ascanius, aka Iulus http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giovanni_Battista_Tiepolo_038.jpg
After losing Aeneas’ father in Sicily, they arrived on African shores where they were warmly welcomed by Dido, princess of... ...Carthage http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guérin_Énée_racontant_à_Didon_les_malheurs_de_la_ville_de_Troie_Louvre_5184.jpg
Dido and Aeneas become... lovers... but... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Affresco_romano_-_Enea_e_di.jpg
he abandoned her and... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dido_Cochet_Louvre_ENT2000.10.jpg she cursed him, wished for eternal war between both peoples and eventually committed suicide
Finally, after a long journey through the Mediterranean, http://commons.wikiemdia.org/wiki/File:Aeneae_exsilia.png Aeneas and his followers reached the Italian shores where...
centuries later they built an empire that ruled all the known world http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_Empire-117AD.png
rome caput mundi http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colosseum-night.jpg
And some Romans claimed to be descendents of Aeneas’ son... This is their story... and our History http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Giulio-cesare-enhanced_1-800x1450.jpg