Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

POST1170 Sp. Postumius (44) L. f. A. n. Albinus

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • Before 219?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 180, death (Broughton MRR I)

Relationships

grandson of
? A. Postumius (30) A. f. L. n. Albinus (cos. 242) (Brennan 2000)
son of
? L. Postumius (40) A. f. A. n. Albinus (cos. 234) (Zmeskal 2009)
brother of
? L. Postumius (65) Tympanus (q. 194) (DPRR Team)
father of
? L. Postumius (42) Sp. f. L. n. Albinus (cos. 154) (Zmeskal 2009)
related to
Sulpicia (108) (related to Sp. Postumius (44) L. f. A. n. Albinus (cos. 186)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Liv. 39.11.4

Career

  • Aedilis Curulis? 191 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • May be the Aedile before whom Furius Chresimus disproved the charge of luring his neighbors' crops away by magic (Piso fr. 33 Peter). Livy does not record the Aediles of this year, and the Consul of 334 seems too early. See Seidel 77. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor 189 urbanus, inter peregrinos, Rome (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Elections: Liv. 37.47.8 Provinces and armies Liv. 37.50.8-12. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Became Pr. Urb. only when Fabius Pictor was kept in Rome (Liv. 37.51, cf. 57.4). See SIG 612, his letter to the Delphians; and Holleaux, BCH 54 (1930) 1-38; Roussel, BCH 56 (1932) 21; Daux, Delphes 262. See also, Münzer, APF 213. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 731, footnote 61 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 186 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 39.6.1, cf. 23.1; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 48f., 122, 456f.; Plin. NH 33.138; Eutrop. 4.5; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod. Both Consuls were assigned Liguria (Liv. 39.20.2), but Albinus was wholly, and Philippus for most of the year, occupied with the investigation{371} of the Bacchanalian mysteries (Liv. 39.8-19; Val. Max. 6.3.7; cf. CIL 1 .2.581- ILS 18; Cic. Leg. 2.37; Val. Max. 1.3.1). Philippus raided the territory of the Apuan Ligurians and suffered heavy losses (Liv. 39.20; Oros. 4.20.26). On Postumius, see Münzer, APF 213. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 186. In MRR 1.370-371, refer also to Liv. 40.36.10. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Augur 184 to 180 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Sp. Postumius Albinus succeeded Cn. Cornelius Lentulus. Liv. 39.45.8. On Postumius, see Münzer, APF 213. (Broughton MRR I)
    • P. Cornelius Scipio (Africani f.) succeeded Sp. Postumius Albinus. Liv. 40.42.13. On Postumius, see Münzer, APF 213ff. (Broughton MRR I)

< Back to results