Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

POST1278 L. Postumius (41) A. f. A. n. Albinus

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Status

• Patrician

Life Dates

• 216?, birth (Develin 1979) Expand

  Develin no. 124.

Relationships

grandson of

A. Postumius (30) A. f. L. n. Albinus (cos. 242) (Badian 1990)

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)

? A. Postumius (46) A. f. A. n. Albinus? (Luscus) (cos. 180) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

• Praetor 180 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Election Liv. 40.35.2 Provinces Liv. 40.35.8-9. (Broughton MRR I)
  • See Münzer, APF 213ff. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor procos. in Hisp. Ult., 143. See MRR 1.472, 474, note 3. Appian's phrase (Ib. 66, #) strongly favors placing Quinctius (Crispinus?) in command of Hisp. Ult., instead of Hisp. Cit., as successor in 143 of Fabius Maximus Aemilianus and succeeded in 142 by Fabius Maximus Servilianus (MRR 1.477-478). See Astin, Historia 13, 1964, 251-254; R. C. Knapp, Aspects 196, 201-203. (Broughton MRR III)
  • p. 733 (Brennan 2000)
• Proconsul 179 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Propraetor (Liv. 40.47.1) in Farther Spain, where he campaigned against the Lusitani (40.44.4-5, and 50.6-7; Oros. 4.20.32). See Münzer, APF 213ff.{393} (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor procos. in Hisp. Ult., 143. See MRR 1.472, 474, note 3. Appian's phrase (Ib. 66, #) strongly favors placing Quinctius (Crispinus?) in command of Hisp. Ult., instead of Hisp. Cit., as successor in 143 of Fabius Maximus Aemilianus and succeeded in 142 by Fabius Maximus Servilianus (MRR 1.477-478). See Astin, Historia 13, 1964, 251-254; R. C. Knapp, Aspects 196, 201-203. (Broughton MRR III)
• Triumphator 178 (Rich 2014) Expand
  • Triumph ex Lusitania, Hispaniaque. MRR I.395, Itgenshorst no. 192, Rich no. 191. (Rich 2014)
• Proconsul 178 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Proconsul in Farther Spain (Liv. Per. 41). After a war with the Vaccaei and the Lusitani (ibid.), he returned to celebrate a triumph (Liv. 41.6.4, and 7.1-3; Per. 41; Act. Tr., Degrassi 80f., 555; cf. Grueber, CRRBM 1.171f.; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1.198f.). See Münzer, APF 213ff. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor procos. in Hisp. Ult., 143. See MRR 1.472, 474, note 3. Appian's phrase (Ib. 66, #) strongly favors placing Quinctius (Crispinus?) in command of Hisp. Ult., instead of Hisp. Cit., as successor in 143 of Fabius Maximus Aemilianus and succeeded in 142 by Fabius Maximus Servilianus (MRR 1.477-478). See Astin, Historia 13, 1964, 251-254; R. C. Knapp, Aspects 196, 201-203. (Broughton MRR III)
• Consul 173 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Liv. 41.28.4; 42.1.1; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 50f., 123, 458f.; Ovid Fasti 5.329f.; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Popillius, cf. Cic. Off. 1.36. Though both Consuls were assigned Liguria (Liv. 42.1.1-2), Postumius was sent to recover public land in Campania{408} from private possessors, and returned to Rome to hold the elections (Liv. 42.1.6, and 9.7-8). Popillius in Liguria sold the Statelliates into slavery, and persisted in his treatment of them when the Senate attempted to reverse his action (42.7.3-9.6). Postumius was the first Roman magistrate to exact public entertainment from the Italian allies (Liv. 42.1.7-12, at Praeneste). On Postumius, see Münzer, APF 213f., 216f., and Lübker no. 10; on Popillius, Lübker no. 5. (Broughton MRR I)
• Legatus (Ambassador) 171 Numidia, Africa (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Sent to Massinissa and to Carthage to secure additional auxiliary troops for the army of Licinius (Liv. 42.35.7). On Postumius, see Lübker no. 10. (Broughton MRR I)
• Repulsa (Cens.) 169 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
  • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
• Tribunus Militum 168 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Served under Paullus at Pydna (Liv. 44.41.2; cf. on the name, 45.27.4), and was sent to sack Aeneae (45.27.4). See Lübker no. 10; Münzer, APF 213ff. (Broughton MRR I)

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