Alba or Alba Longa, ae, f. [v. albus].
I The mother city of Rome , built by Ascanius , the son of Aeneas , upon the broad , rocky margin which lies between the Alban Lake and Mons Albanus; destroyed by Tullus Hostilius, the third king of Rome, and never rebuilt, Enn. Ann. 1, 34, 88; Verg. A. 1, 277; 8, 48; Liv. 1, 27-30; cf. Nieb. Rom. Hist. 1, 220 sq.; Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 97 sq.—
II The name of several other towns.
A Alba Fucentĭa , or absol. Alba , a town north-west of Lacus Fucinus , on the borders of the Marsi , now Colle di Albe , Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 9, 6; Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8 post. ep. 12; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106.—
B Alba Pompēĭa , in Liguria , on the river Tanarus , now Alba , Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.—
C Alba Helvĭa or Alba Helvōrum , in Gallia Narbonensis , now Viviers , Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36.