Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

POST0788 L. Postumius (40) A. f. A. n. Albinus

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Status

• Patrician

Life Dates

• 216, death - violent (Broughton MRR I) Expand

  KIA, against Gauls.

Relationships

son of

? A. Postumius (30) A. f. L. n. Albinus (cos. 242) (Brennan 2000)

brother of

? A. Postumius (A) Albinus (son of? A. Postumius (30) A. f. L. n. Albinus (cos. 242)) (DPRR Team)

father of

L. Postumius (65) Tympanus (q. 194) (RE)

? Sp. Postumius (44) L. f. A. n. Albinus (cos. 186) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

• Consul 234 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Fast. Cap. (names entire); Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd. (Albino et Rogo); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; Zon. 8.18; and on Albinus, Liv. 23.24.3. See Degrassi 44f., 117, 438f. Albinus campaigned against the Ligurians (Zon. 8.18), while Carvilius served in Corsica and then, after the death of the Praetor, in Sardinia, and returned to celebrate a triumph (Act. Tr., Degrassi 76f., 549; cf. Zon. 8.18). On Postumius, see Lübker no. 9. (Broughton MRR I)
• Praetor? 233 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Praetor before 216 (Liv. 22.35.7), probably, like several Praetors in this century, in the year after his consulate (Maxis 16f.; Stella Maranca 294). See Lübker no. 9. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Before 218. p. 726. (Brennan 2000)
• Consul 229 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Polyb. 2.11.1 ({Gr}), and 12.1; Fast. Cap. (names entire); Eutrop. 3.4; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Oros. 4.13.2; Cassiod.; cf. Dio fr. 49.7; Degrassi 44f., 118, 440f. The Consuls together carried on the war with Teuta and the Illyrians, Fulvius in command of the fleet and Postumius of the land forces. After the summer's victories, Fulvius returned to Rome, and the other remained until the treaty of peace (Polyb. 2.11-12, who gives most credit to Postumius; Liv. Per. 20; Flor. 1.21.4; App. Illyr. 7; Dio fr. 49, and Zon. 8.19; Eutrop. 3.4; Oros. 4.13.2). On Postumius, see Lübker no. 9. (Broughton MRR I)
• Praetor 216 Gallia Cisalpina (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Election and provinces; Liv. 22.35.5-7 (Broughton MRR I)
  • See 215, Consuls. Killed while Praetor in Gaul (Fast. Cap., Degrassi 46f., 119, 446f.; Liv. 23.24.6-13; cf. Frontin. Str. 1.6.4). See Lübker no. 9. (Broughton MRR I)
  • p. 727 (Brennan 2000)
• Consul 215 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • De Sanctis (3.2.327-329) has suggested that Postumius was Consul Suffectus for 216 in place of L. Aemilius Paullus, and that since he was slain while Consul designate, Marcellus was appointed in his place and consequently became Proconsul in 215 by the regular prorogation of his imperium. In that case Postumius and Marcellus were listed in the Fasti with the Consuls of 215 by mistake. But it was unnecessary, as De Sanctis supposes, to elect a Consul Suffectus for 216 merely because the dictatorship of M. Iunius Pera expired before the end of the year (Mommsen, Str. 1.29, note 3). Moreover, Postumius would have had to resign from his praetorship to become Consul since it was illegal to hold two regular magistracies simultaneously (Liv. 7.42.2; Mommsen, Str. 1.513). Since it is clear that Marcellus replaced Postumius, Marcellus was Consul Suffectus in 215, and could have been Proconsul that year (see 215, Promagistrates) only by the special grant of that imperium (Jashemski 20). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Liv. 23.24.1-3; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 46f., 119, 446f.; Chr. 354; Zon. 9.3; and on Gracchus, Liv. 34.1.3, and 6.9; Fast. Fer. Lat., Degrassi 148f.; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Oros. 4.6.12; Cassiod. Postumius was killed in Gaul while Consul designate (Liv. 23.24.6-13, 25.9, and 31.12; cf. Polyb. 3.118.7; Frontin. Str. 1.6.4; Oros. 4.16.11; Zon. 9.3; see 216, Praetors). Gracchus appointed Duumviri, raised levies, held the{254} comitia first for Marcellus, then for Fabius (Liv. 23.30-31; Val. Max. 7.6.1), then took his forces to Campania and guarded Cumae (Liv. 23.32, and 35-37; Zon. 9.3; cf. Auct. Vir. Ill. 42.6; Sil. It. 12.63-82). Sent the captured Macedonian envoys to Rome (Liv. 23.38.1-4), joined Fabius near Capua (23.39.5-8), followed Hannibal to Apulia, and wintered in Luceria (23.48.3; 24.3.16-17). (Broughton MRR I)

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