Editing Trebeta (section)

{{Short description|Legendary founder}}
[[File:Trebeta 1559.jpg|thumb|320px|1559 painting depicting Trebeta, destroyed in World War II.]]
'''Trebeta''' was the legendary founder of [[Trier]] according to the ''[[Gesta Treverorum]]''.

According to a [[legend]] recorded in the 12th century, [[Gesta Treverorum|Deeds of the Treveri]], the city was founded by an mythological-unrecorded prince of [[Assyria]] named ''Trebeta'', placing the city's [[Foundation myth|founding legend]] independent of and centuries before [[Romulus and Remus|ancient Rome's]].

Trebeta's parents were said to have been [[Ninus]], a legendary "King of Assyria" invented by the [[ancient Greeks]] (first mentioned by [[Ctesias]]), and an unknown mother who was Ninus's wife before [[Semiramis]]. Semiramis took control of the kingdom upon his father's death and Trebeta was forced into exile, wandering through Europe before settling at Trier. His body was said to have been cremated on Petrisberg. However, there is no historical evidence that the Assyrians or an Assyrian prince named Trebeta crossed into Europe from the Middle East in Assyrian records of the time.<ref>''World History'', Volume 1, William J. Duiker, Cengage Learning, 2009.</ref>

The German historian [[Johannes Aventinus]] disputed that Trebeta (whom he called Trever or Treiber) was the son of Ninus, claiming that he was in fact a son of Ninus' contemporary [[Mannus]], who was supposedly the second king of Germany. Aventinus also credited Trever with building settlements at [[Metz]], [[Mainz]], [[Basel]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Speyer]] and [[Worms, Germany|Worms]].