On Postumius' name, see Act. Tr. on 294, on that of Iunius, Fast. Cap. and Act. Tr., both for 277. According to Degrassi (544) the lacuna in Act. Tr. provides space enough for the record of Postumius' second triumph, which Mommsen denied (RF 1.214) and Beloch considered uncertain (RG 450). (Broughton MRR I)
Liv. 27.6.8; Chr. 354 (Megello III et Bruto); Fast. Hyd. (Metello II et Vulbo), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Degrassi 112, 426f. Postumius held command against the Samnites, took Cominium and Venusia, celebrated a triumph, and on leaving office was condemned for using military labor on his own estate (Liv. Per. 11; Dion. Hal. 17-18.4-5; Dio fr. 36.32). A colony was settled at Venusia (Dion. Hal. 17-18.5; Vell. 1.14.6). On Postumius, see Lübker no. 22. (Broughton MRR I)
The taking of Croton is doubted by Beloch, RG 465, and Weuilleumier, 132, but accepted by De Sanctis, 2.412, and Frank, CAH 7.650. Zonaras (8.6) also says that Croton had revolted and was in the hands of the Campanians{195} in Rhegium. Rufinus received no triumph, but the strong opposition to him led by Fabricius (see 275) could account for this. His colleague's success in Lucania and Bruttium makes the report on him more credible. (Broughton MRR I)
Fast. Cap.; Act. Tr.; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Zon. 8.6; and on Cornelius, Dion. Hal. 20.13; Gell. 4.8; 17.21.39. See Degrassi, 40f., 114, 430f. The Consuls suffered a reverse at Cranita in Samnium, then Rufinus won Croton and Locri (Frontin. Str. 3.6.4; Zon. 8.6; cf. App. Samn. 12, on Locri), while Brutus, according to Zonaras (8.6), remained in Samnium; but he triumphed over Lucanians and Bruttians (Act. Tr., Degrassi, 72f., 546). (Broughton MRR I)