Pallantium was an ancient city near the
Tiber river on the
Italian peninsula.
Roman mythology, as recounted in
Virgil's
Aeneid for example, states that the city was founded by
Evander of Pallene and other
ancient Greeks sometime previous to the
Trojan War. This myth of the city's origin was significant in ancient Roman mythology because Pallantium became one of the cities that was merged later into
ancient Rome, thereby tying Rome's origins to the ancient Greek heroes. Other cities in the area were founded by various
Italic tribes.