The Trojan prince who fled Troy and became a legendary ancestor of the Romans was Aeneas. In Greco-Roman myth, he was the son of the Trojan Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite, whom the Romans identified with Venus.
After Troy fell, Aeneas escaped with a group of Trojan survivors and eventually reached Italy. Virgil’s Aeneid presents him as a model of pietas—duty toward the gods, family, and future descendants. He founded Lavinium in Latium and married Lavinia, linking the Trojan refugees with the peoples of Italy.
Aeneas did not found Rome directly. His son Ascanius, also called Iulus, was associated with the founding of Alba Longa, whose royal line eventually produced Rhea Silvia. Her sons Romulus and Remus were therefore legendary descendants of Aeneas. Remus, Romulus, and Hercules are connected to Roman legend, but only Aeneas is the Trojan exile in this story.