Roman heroes and heroines

Acca Larentia in Roman mythology, she was the wife of Faustulus who helped to care for the abandoned brothers Romulus and Remus Aeneas hero of both the Iliad and Virgil's eponymous Aeneid; son of Venus and Anchises Ascanius the son of Aeneas; he is credited with founding the city of Alba Longa in Italy Camilla a native of Italy, she fought in the war against the Trojan Aeneas Cloelia this Roman girl was held hostage by the Etruscans; she escaped, and her bravery so impressed her captors that they began friendly relations with Rome Dido Carthaginian Queen who was involved in an ill-fated affair with Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid Faustulus shepherd who found and raised (with his wife Acca Larentia) the twins Romulus and Remus Hercules the Romans borrowed this hero from the Greeks (Herakles), and Latinized his name into the familiar Hercules Hersilia this heroine was the wife of Romulus, and she was also taken prisoner during the notorious abduction of the Sabine women Horatii a trio of brothers who engaged in a famous and legendary duel on behalf of Rome Latinus king ruling in Italy (Latium) until the coming of Aeneas; Virgil makes him the son of the god Faunus and the nymph Marcia Lavinia daughter of Latinus and Amata; she appears in Virgil's Aeneid.

Mezentius this Etruscan king fought against Aeneas - according to the Aeneid, he was eventually killed by the Roman hero Numa Pompilius according to legend, he was the second king of Rome (reigning after Romulus) Numitor Numitor was a king of Alba Longa and the father of the heroine Rhea Silvia Remus Remus was the brother of Romulus; raised by the shepherd Faustulus and his wife Acca Larentia Rhea Silvia a Vestal Virgin until she was deflowered by the god Mars, Rhea Silvia bore Mars the twins Romulus and Remus Romulus according to legend, Romulus founded the city of Rome; he was the brother of Remus Silvius the son of Aeneas and Lavinia Tanaquil an Etruscan woman of noble lineage who played a part in Roman mythology Tarpeia she betrayed Rome during the conflict with the Sabines - but in the end, she was punished for her treachery Turnus a native Italian prince who opposed Aeneas; ultimately he was defeated by the Trojan hero.

As we can see the majority of heroes that we find in the Roman Empire are unknown, this is because talking about this aspect the emperors didn’t liked that the society talked about people different than them, for the emperors the society have to remember not the travels and adventures of heroes invented by them, people have to talked about the conquers, and the travels that they do.
If we analyzed this heroes the only one that maybe we know is Hercules, an this is because Rome conquer Greece, and one of the talents and amazing costumes that this civilization used to have is that, when they conquer other civilization they don’t finish with his culture, what Rome used to do, is that they absorbed the culture to themselves, a this is the reason why they have Hercules like a hero.

point of view

One famous history of Rome history and also about Rome heroes is the one of Romulo and Remo, the legend say that this two brothers founded the city of Rome, the story say that long long time ago exist a female wolf and that from inside of this animal, two persons come out, this persons created a small city in the sevens mountains of what in this moment is Italy. These two brothers are not heroes in all the sense of the word, but they are the equivalent of what in the catholic religion is denominate as Adam and Eva.
If we want a talk about heroes in Rome, we can talk about real people that really made heroic things, this is the case of Julio Cesar that was capable of organizing the time, an the result of this is our actual calendar, are we can also talk about Justinian, that make an excellent recompilation of all the laws that were created in the history of Rome, an he put all this in a simple code that is practicable the same that we used no in our civil laws.