Note to Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2, line 112

Aeneas, our great ancestor Aeneas was "great" in two senses. He was heroic, and he was a forebearer, as in the term "great grandfather." As with almost all mythological figures, stories about Aeneas vary, but the most widely accepted version of the relationship between Aeneas and Rome is as follows:

Aeneas, arriving in Latium, at a spot called 'Troia', founded a city called Lavinium on land given him by the local king, Latinus, and ruled there with his wife Lavinia, the daughter of Latinus, over their united people, now called Latins. After Aeneas' death in a war with a local prince, Turnus, and the Rutulians . . . , his son Ascanius founded Alba Longa, which he later handed over to his brother (or, in some versions, son) Silvius, who was the first of a line of kings who conveniently filled the gap until the birth of Romulus and Remus, and, some years later, the foundation of Rome. --Jane Gardner, Roman Myths (U of Texas P, 1993) 17.

Aeneas defeats Turnus

Image Source: Wikipedia: Aeneas

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