Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus
- For other persons with the cognomen "Albus" or "Albinus", see Albinus (cognomen).
Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus was a politician of ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 2nd century BC.[1] He was consul in 148 BC, in which year a great fire happened at Rome.[2] It is this Spurius Albinus of whom Cicero speaks in the Brutus, and says that there were many orations of his.[3]
Children
Based on their filiations, he was probably the father of the consuls Spurius Postumius Albinus and Aulus Postimius Albinus.
See also
References
- ^ Smith, William (1867), "Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus (19)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 92
- ^ Julius Obsequens, 78
- ^ Cicero, Brutus c. 25
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Albinus (19)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 92.