Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

POST1172 A. Postumius (46) A. f. A. n. Albinus? (Luscus)

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • Before 219?, birth (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

grandson of
? A. Postumius (30) A. f. L. n. Albinus (cos. 242) (Brennan 2000)
son of
? A. Postumius (A) Albinus (son of? A. Postumius (30) A. f. L. n. Albinus (cos. 242)) (Zmeskal 2009)
brother of
? Sp. Postumius (49) A. f. A. n. Albinus (Paullulus) (cos. 174) (Zmeskal 2009)
? L. Postumius (41) A. f. A. n. Albinus (cos. 173) (Zmeskal 2009)
father of
? A. Postumius (31) A. f. A. n. Albinus (cos. 151) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 191 Achaea (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Placed in command of Cephallenia by Atilius (Liv. 36.12.9). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 180. Leg., lieut. 191. See MRR 1.355. Münzer (no. 46) suggests that Livy 36.12.9 should be emended to read either ab A. Postumio legato, qui ab Atilio Cephallaniae praepositus fuerat or, with Perizonius, qui ab Atilio legatus Cephallaniae praepositus fuerat. He should be listed as above. Leg., amb. 175. See MRR 1.403. This embassy must have left Italy for Macedonia in the spring or early summer of 176 and, while some members of it visited the Bastarni, returned to Rome in 175 (P. Meloni, Perseo 82 and note 3, 83, 85 and notes 2 and 3; see also Walbank, Comm. Polyb. 3.281-283). Censor, 174. In MRR 1.404, refer also to Liv. 45.17.1. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Aedilis Curulis 187 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 39.7.8-9. On Postumius, see Lübker no. 3. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor 185 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Elections: Liv. 39.23.2 Provinces omitted in Livy. (Broughton MRR I)
    • See Lübker no. 3; Münzer, APF 213ff. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 732, footnote 67 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 180 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 40.35.1; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 48f., 122, 456f.; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Luscus' cognomen, Liv. 45.17.2; Fest. 360 L. Both Consuls were assigned the province of Liguria (Liv. 40.35.8, and 36.6; and on Postumius, 40.41.1-2 and 5-9). Calpurnius died early in the year (Liv. 40.37.1). On Postumius, see Lübker no. 6; Münzer, Bull. Com. 67 (1939) 27-30. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Duovir Aedi Dedicandae 175 to after 167 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • See most recently Marchetti-Longhi, Bull. Com. 71 (1943-45) 58f.; and Degrassi, Doxa 2 (1949) 67f. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Identified by Münzer (Bull. Com. 67 [1939] 27-30) with the duovir named in an inscription from the Largo Argentina (Ann. Epig. 1935, p. 228, no. 88, from Bull. Com. 61 [1933] 163ff., CIL 1(2) 2.2711) and with the one named on the altar to Verminus (ILS 4019). On the pestilence to men and cattle which occasioned the altar, see Obseq. 10; and Livy 41. 21.5-7. See Münzer, APF 213; Lübker no. 3. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 175 Macedonia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent with several other senators to Macedonia to investigate Dardanian complaints regarding an understanding between Perseus and the Bastarnae (Polyb. 25.6.5-6). They reported the war in Dardania (Liv. 41.19.4; cf. App. Mac. 11.1). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 180. Leg., lieut. 191. See MRR 1.355. Münzer (no. 46) suggests that Livy 36.12.9 should be emended to read either ab A. Postumio legato, qui ab Atilio Cephallaniae praepositus fuerat or, with Perizonius, qui ab Atilio legatus Cephallaniae praepositus fuerat. He should be listed as above. Leg., amb. 175. See MRR 1.403. This embassy must have left Italy for Macedonia in the spring or early summer of 176 and, while some members of it visited the Bastarni, returned to Rome in 175 (P. Meloni, Perseo 82 and note 3, 83, 85 and notes 2 and 3; see also Walbank, Comm. Polyb. 3.281-283). Censor, 174. In MRR 1.404, refer also to Liv. 45.17.1. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Decemvir Sacris Faciundis 175 to after 167 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • A. Postumius Albinus (Luscus) succeeded L. Cornelius Lentulus. Liv. 42.10.6. On Lentulus, see 213, note 8; on Postumius, Münzer, Bull. Com., 67 (1939) 27-30; Lübker, no. 3. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Censor 174 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Verr. 2.1.106; Liv. 41.27.1; 43.16.2; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 48f., 123, 458f.; Vell. 1.10.6; Plin. NH 7.157; Fest. 360 L; and on Fulvius, Val. Max. 2.7.5. They expelled nine from the Senate including a brother of Fulvius the Censor (see 180, note 3; Liv. 41.27.2; Val. Max. 2.7.5; Vell. 1.10.6; Frontin. Str. 4.1.32), and degraded many knights. They carried on an extensive program of building in Rome, Fulvius also in Pisaurum, Fundi, Potentia, and Sinuessa (Liv. 41.27.1-2, and 5-13). Fulvius also robbed the temple of Juno Lacinia of its marble tiles for his temple of Fortuna Equestris, but was compelled to return them (Liv. 42.3.1-11; Val. Max. 1.1.20). He dedicated his temple in 173 (Liv. 42.10.5) and Postumius founded the lustrum (42.10.1-4). They chose M. Aemilius Lepidus Princeps Senatus (Liv. 41.27.1). On Postumius, see 180, Consuls; Münzer, APF 213; Lübker no. 3. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 180. Leg., lieut. 191. See MRR 1.355. Münzer (no. 46) suggests that Livy 36.12.9 should be emended to read either ab A. Postumio legato, qui ab Atilio Cephallaniae praepositus fuerat or, with Perizonius, qui ab Atilio legatus Cephallaniae praepositus fuerat. He should be listed as above. Leg., amb. 175. See MRR 1.403. This embassy must have left Italy for Macedonia in the spring or early summer of 176 and, while some members of it visited the Bastarni, returned to Rome in 175 (P. Meloni, Perseo 82 and note 3, 83, 85 and notes 2 and 3; see also Walbank, Comm. Polyb. 3.281-283). Censor, 174. In MRR 1.404, refer also to Liv. 45.17.1. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 171 Crete (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to Crete to secure additional auxiliary troops for Licinius' army (Liv. 42.35.7). On Postumius, see Münzer, APF 213ff.; Lübker no. 3. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Envoy)? 168 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Selected by Paullus to negotiate the surrender of Perseus in Samothrace (Liv. 45.4.7). On the Postumii, see Lübker nos. 3 and 4. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 167 Macedonia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent with instructions from the Senate to assist Paullus in organizing Macedonia (Liv. 45.17.2-3, and 29-31). Claudius and Domitius went to Achaea to summon the Achaean leaders to Rome in person (Liv. 45.31.9-11; cf. Polyb. 30.13.8-11), and Fabius went to Lesbos to destroy Antissa and incorporate it with Methymna (Liv. 45.31.14). (Broughton MRR I)

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