Hersilia’s Family Tree

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Family

• Romulus(spouse),Aollius(child),Prima(child)— Marriage

  Hersilia, a Sabine woman seized during the mass abduction, became the wife of Romulus and bore him a daughter Prima and a son Aollius.

  ⚠ Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Antiquitates Romanae 3.1) names Hersilia as wife of Hostus Hostilius rather than Romulus, a variant Plutarch also notes.

Has aspect

• Hora

  After Romulus vanished from earth and was worshipped as Quirinus, a star fell from heaven onto Hersilia's hair and bore her upward, transforming her into the goddess Hora Quirini to reign beside her husband among the gods.

Associated with

• Juno

  Juno took pity on the grieving Hersilia after Romulus vanished from the earth, and sent Iris down to carry her bodily to heaven, where she was deified as Hora and reunited with her husband among the gods.

• Titus Tatius

  Hersilia and the Sabine women rushed between the Roman and Sabine armies to stop the battle, leading to the peace agreement between Romulus and Titus Tatius and their joint rule of Rome.