Ilia

Also known as: Rhea / Silvia · Family: Alba · Role: Vestal and mother of Romulus and Remus · First appears: Romulus

Life events

Ilia gave birth to twin boys, whom Amulius ordered abandoned despite Antho's intervention.(Romulus)
- With: Antho Amulius Romulus Remus
- “This lady some call Ilia, others Rhea, and others Silvia; however, not long after, she was, contrary to the established laws of the Vestals, discovered to be with child, and should have suffered the most cruel punishment, had not Antho, the king's daughter, mediated with her father for her; nevertheless, she was confined, and debarred all company, that she might not be delivered without the king's knowledge. In time she brought forth two boys, of more than human size and beauty, whom Amulius, becoming yet more alarmed, commanded a servant to take and cast away;”

parent: Numitor “and, fearing lest his daughter might have children, made her a Vestal,”
child: Romulus “In time she brought forth two boys, of more than human size and beauty,”
child: Remus “In time she brought forth two boys, of more than human size and beauty,”
guardian: Amulius “nevertheless, she was confined, and debarred all company, that she might not be delivered without the king's knowledge.”

married with Sylla “For first, in his younger days, he was married to Ilia, by whom he had a daughter; after her to Aelia; and thirdly to Cloelia, whom he dismissed as barren, but honorably, and with professions of respect, adding, moreover, presents.”

Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.