Janus, King of Latium

He was King of Latium, later deified as god of the Roman year. He was a mortal, a native of Thessaly, but some sources say of Athens. He was variously called a son of Apollo, or of Coelus, or Uranus and Hecate. He was exiled to Latium, where he was welcomed by Camesus, the local ruler. They formed an alliance and shared the kingdom. Ianus established the Janiculum, a colony on a hill near the Tiber. He is said to have given refuge to Cronos, when that god was fleeing from his son Zeus. By his wife Camise, also known as Camasenea, he was father of Tiberinus, who drowned accidentally in the River Tiber and so gave it its name. By his lover Juturna, he was father of the minor god Fons (also known as Fontus).