POST0372 A. Postumius (57) Albinus Regillensis

Status

  • Patrician

Career

  • Tribunus Militum Consulari Potestate 397 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The names are preserved in Fast. Cap. as follows: [- - - - -Iulu]s II; [- - - -Medulli]nus IV; [- - - -Regille]nsis; L. Sergius M'. f. n. [- - - -]; P. Cornelius P. f. [- - - -]; A. Manlius A. f. C [n. n.- - - -]. Diod. indicates a total of six names but omits Furius and Iulius, while in F are added the unidentifiable names {Gr} and '{Gr}. On the name of Iulius see Fast. Cap. 401, and 489, note 1, and note the readings Tullus and Silius Tullus in Mss of Livy 5.16.1 (ed. Conway and Walters). On the filiation of Cornelius, see Fast. Cap. on 396, Master of Horse. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 5.16.1 and 5, and 17.1; Diod. 14.85.1; Fast. Cap. (see note 1); Chr. 354 (Iulo II et Fidenas); Degrassi 28f., 99, 384f. There was war this year with Volscians, Aequi, Veientanes, Faliscans, Capenates, and raiders from Tarquinii (Liv. 5.16.2-8). The whole college was compelled to abdicate before the end of the year because of a faulty election (Liv. 5.17.2-3; not noted in Fast. Cap.). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Tribunus Militum Consulari Potestate 381 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The name and filiation of Medullinus appear from Fast. Cap. on 363, Censors. On Lucretius, see 392; and on Fabius, see Fast. Cap. for 369. The Chronographer of 354 names Publicola IIII, but no other source places him in this year; on the number, see 380, and see 389, note 1. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 6.22.5; Diod. 15.48.1; Plut. Cam. 37.1, on Camillus and Medullinus; Chr. 354 (Publicola IIII et Tricipitino); Degrassi 101, 392f. Camillus retrieved his colleague's (Furius) defeat, routed the Volscians, and led his forces to a determinedly peaceful Tusculum (Liv. 6.22-27; Val. Max. 7.3, ext. 9; Plut. Cam. 37-38; Frontin. Str. 2.8.6; cf. Dion. Hal. 14.6; Dio, fr. 28; Zon. 7.24). (Broughton MRR I)