TREBETA

'Trebeta' was the legendary founder of Trier according to the ''Gesta Treverorum'' (and possibly other sources). He was the son of Ninus, King of Assyria, by a wife prior to his marriage to Queen Semiramis. His step-mother Semiramis despised him, and when she took over the kingdom after the death of his father Ninus, Trebeta left Assyria and went to Europe. After wandering for a time, he led a group of colonizers to settle at Trier in what is now Germany around 2000 BC. Trebeta is also reputed to have been at Strasbourg, France. Upon his death, his body was cremated on Petrisberg by the people of Trier.