XVII – RELIGIONS OF PREHISTORIC AEGEA - Part 02

Because king Latin, before Enei’s arrival, promised his daughter Lavinia to king Turi (Turnus), king of the Rutulian tribe in Ardenne in Latsia, and since the queen Amata did not approve of the marriage, Latin gave his daughter to Enei thus breaking his alliance. A little while later war broke out between the Trojans and the natives. The clash lasted a long time with variable outcomes but eventually Turi lost and the queen killed herself. Enei then married Lavinia and built his capital city and called it Lavinia. But the natives, even after Enei’s victory, retained their own customs and language. After king Latin died Enei ruled both the Trojans and the Latins. He died in the wars with the Etruscans. Later the Romans saw an opportunity to link Enei’s legend with the glorious gods and heroes of Troy and the Aegean and treated Enei as one of their ancestors and a deity.