page_title: Postumia gens
section_title: Postumii Albi et Albini
hierarchical_section_title: Postumia gens / Members / Postumii Albi et Albini
caption_attribution_description: English: A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus, Denarius serratus, Rome, 81 BC, AR, Veiled head of Hispania r.; behind, HISPAN, Rv. Togate figure with r. hand raised, standing r. between legionary eagle and fasces with axe; around, A POST A F S N ALBIN. Crawford 372/2
context_page_description: The gens Postumia was an ancient and noble Patrician family at Rome. Throughout the history of the Republic, the Postumii frequently occupied the chief magistracies of the Roman state, beginning with Publius Postumius Tubertus, consul in 505 BC, the fifth year of the Republic. Although like much of the old Roman aristocracy, the Postumii faded for a time into obscurity under the Empire, individuals bearing the name of Postumius again filled a number of important offices from the second century AD to the end of the Western Empire.
context_section_description: Aulus Postumius P. f. Albus Regillensis, nominated dictator in 498 BC, he led the Roman forces against the Latin League at the Battle of Lake Regillus.  He was consul in 496.
  Spurius Postumius A. f. P. n. Albus Regillensis, consul in 466 BC, and subsequently one of the ambassadors sent to study Greek law.  He was a member of the first decemvirate in 451.  As a legate in 446, he commanded the center of the Roman line in an important victory over the Aequi and Volsci.
  Aulus Postumius A. f. P. n. Albus Regillensis, consul in 464 BC, fought against the Aequi.  On a subsequent occasion he was sent as an ambassador to the Aequi, but was treated with contempt.
  Spurius Postumius S. f. A. n. Albus Regillensis, consular tribune in 432 BC.
  Publius Postumius A. f. A. n. Albinus Regillensis, consular tribune in 414 BC, was killed in a mutiny after refusing to distribute the spoils of the town of Bolae, which the soldiers had been promised.
  Marcus Postumius A. f. A. n. Albinus Regillensis, censor in 403 BC, imposed a fine on men who did not marry before they were elderly.
  Aulus Postumius Albinus Regillensis, consular tribune in 397 BC, intercepted a raiding party from Tarquinii, with a force made entirely of volunteers, as the tribunes of the plebs had prevented the regular levy.
  Spurius Postumius Albinus Regillensis, consular tribune in 394 BC, fought against the Aequi, whom he defeated after an initial setback.
  Spurius Postumius Albinus, consul in 334 BC, censor in 332, and magister equitum in 327.  Consul for the second time in 321, during the Second Samnite War, he and his colleague were trapped at the Battle of the Caudine Forks, and their entire army forced to go under the yoke.
  Lucius Postumius L. f. Albinus, became Rex Sacrorum circa 275 BC.
  Aulus Postumius L. f. L. n. Albinus, father of Aulus Postumius Albinus, the consul of 242 BC.
  Aulus Postumius A. f. L. n. Albinus, consul in 242 BC, the final year of the First Punic War.  The Pontifex Maximus forbade him to leave Rome in order to participate in the war, on the grounds that he was the Flamen Martialis.  He was censor in 234.
  Lucius Postumius A. f. A. n. Albinus, consul in 234 and 229 BC, fought against the Illyrians.  He was praetor in 216, during the Second Punic War, and assigned the province of Cisalpine Gaul.  He was elected consul for the third time in 215, but slain by the Boii before entering into office.
  Spurius Postumius L. f. A. n. Albinus, consul in 186 BC, the year that the senate took action to prohibit the worship of Bacchus at Rome, following a general panic over the secret and allegedly terrible rites.
  Aulus Postumius A. f. A. n. Albinus Luscus, consul in 180 BC, fought against the Ligurians.  As censor in 174 BC, he and his colleague expelled nine members of the senate, and degraded a number of equites.  He was sent on a number of diplomatic missions, and was one of the commissioners sent to assist Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus restore order to Macedonia in 168.
  Spurius Postumius A. f. A. n. Albinus Paullulus, praetor in 183 BC, was assigned the province of Sicily.  He was consul in 174.
  Lucius Postumius A. f. A. n. Albinus, praetor in 180 BC, was assigned the province of Hispania Ulterior, where he defeated the Vaccei and Lusitani, and received a triumph.  Consul in 173 BC, he restored the Floralia, and dealt with land disputes in Campania.  He served under Aemilius Paullus during the Third Macedonian War.
  Lucius Postumius S. f. L. n. Albinus, as curule aedile in 161 BC, gave the Megalesia.  He was consul in 154, but died shortly after leaving Rome.  A rumour circulated that he had been poisoned by his wife.
  Aulus Postumius A. f. A. n. Albinus, served under Aemilius Paullus in 168 BC, he was given custody of Perseus.  As consul in 151, he was imprisoned by the tribunes of the plebs for pursuing the levy with too much vigor.  Later an ambassador to Greece, where he was well received, he wrote extensively in Greek, including a history of Rome, which was poorly regarded by other writers.
  Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus, a rhetorician whom Cicero descr
caption: Denarius issued by Aulus Postumius Albinus, moneyer in 81 BC. The obverse with the legend HISPAN refers to Lucius Postumius Albinus, who was awarded a triumph for his victories in Spain.[1]
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