 Cameria was one of the most ancient cities of Latium, having been established as a colony of Alba Longa, long before the founding of Rome.Diodorus Siculus attributes its foundation to Latinus Silvius, one of the Alban kings.It was numbered among the "Prisci Latini", the old Latin towns whose inhabitants were regarded as aborigines; that is, those who had lived there "ab origine", "from the beginning".