Alba Longa
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Alba Longa. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
1000 Classical Characters (1900)
The most ancient town in Latium, is said to have been built by Ascanius . It was called Longa from its stretching in a long line down the Alban Mount towards the Alban Lake. It was destroyed by Tullus Hostilius , and was never rebuilt; its inhabitants were removed to Rome. Albinus or Albus, Postumius. The name of a patrician family at Rome, many of the members of which held the highest offices of the state from the commencement of the republic to its downfall. 2026 Editor's Note: Though destroyed by the Roman Kingdom in the 7th century BC, Alba Longa was revered as the ancestral home of the Roman people. The city's legendary founder, Ascanius (also known as Iulus), was claimed as the direct ancestor of the gens Iulia, the family of Julius Caesar. According to the historian Livy, several other prominent patrician families, including the Servilii and Quinctii, were also forced to settle in Rome following the city's fall. (Ed: BR 2026-06-19)
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a considerable city of Latium, founded by Ascanius, son of Æneas, in B. c. 1152. It was the birthplace of Romulus, under whose dominion it fell, in consequence of the victory of the Romans in the contest between the Horatii and the Curiatii. It was situated on the opposite side of the Lake Albano from where the new town of Albano stands. There was also a city of Alba near the Lacus Fucinus; an Alba Pompeia in Liguria; and an Alba Julia, now Weissenburg, in Transylvania.