by Janet Lessin updated on June 22, 2025 By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) See more on this at https://wp.me/s1TVCy-greece AENEAS, Hector’s successor as Troy’s Commander, fled to Carthage (now in Tunisia) around 1190 BCE, then to Latium (Italy). Roman ruler Julius Caesar, much later, claimed he descended from Aeneas. By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) …


