Editing Procas

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'''Procas''' or '''Proca''' (said to have reigned 817-794 BC)<ref>[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]] ''Roman Antiquities'' 1.71</ref> was one of the [[Kings of Alba Longa|Latin kings]] of [[Alba Longa]] in the [[Roman mythology|mythic tradition]] of the [[founding of Rome]]. He was the father of [[Amulius]] and [[Numitor]] and the great-grandfather of [[Romulus|Romulus and Remus]], Rome's legendary founders.<ref>[[Virgil]] VI, 767; [[Livy]] I, 3, 9.</ref>

==The name==
[[File:Procas Silvius.png|thumb|200x200px|Procas Silvius from Nuremberg chronicles]]
The names of the Alban kings are often related to [[toponym]]s around Rome, or to legendary figures in the early [[history of Rome]]. The constructed genealogies in which they appear may reflect the desire of status-seeking [[gens|families]] in the [[Roman Republic#Late Republic (147 BC - 30 BC)|Late Republic]] to lay claim to [[Troy|Trojan]] ilirian ancestry. The name ''Procas'' or ''Proca'' may be related to the mythological figure Prochyte, a kinswoman of [[Aeneas]]<ref>Gary D. Farney, ''Ethnic Identity and Aristocratic Competition in Republican Rome'' (Cambridge University Press, 2007), p. 57.</ref> who died when the fleet carrying the refugees of [[Troy]] to Italy was within sight of the coast. She was buried on the island that bore her name.<ref name=":0">Pierre Grimal, ''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology'' (Blackwell, 1986, 1996), p. 392.</ref>

==Family tree==
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==References==
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[[Category:Kings of Alba Longa]]
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