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aulus postumius albus regillensis
 aulus postumius albus regillensis 498 bc 496 bc
aulus postumius albus regillensis

aulus postumius albus regillensis was an ancient roman who , according to livy , was roman dictator in 498 or 496 bc , when he conquered the latins in the great battle of lake regillus and subsequently celebrated a triumph .
many of the coins of the albini commemorate this victory of their ancestor , as in the one pictured .
roman folklore related that castor and pollux were seen fighting in this battle on the side of the romans , whence the dictator afterwards promised a temple to castor and pollux in the roman forum .
he was consul in 496 bc , in which year some of the annals , according to livy , placed the battle of lake regillus ; and it is to this year that dionysius assigns it .
the name `` regillensis '' is usually supposed to have been derived from this battle ; but niebuhr thinks that it was taken from a place of residence , just as the claudii bore the same name , and that the later annalists only spoke of postumius as commander in consequence of the name .
livy states expressly , that scipio africanus was the first roman who obtained a surname from his conquests .
in 495 bc .
postumius was chosen at short notice by the romans to lead the cavalry to victory against a sabine invading force .
he was , according to some genealogies , the father of spurius postumius albus regillensis and aulus postumius albus regillensis .
