Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus was a politician of ancient Rome, of
patrician rank, during the 2nd century BC.
He was
consul
Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states th ...
in 148 BC, in which year a great fire happened at Rome. It is this Spurius Albinus of whom
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the est ...
speaks in the ''Brutus'', and says that there were many orations of his.
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the est ...
, ''Brutus'' c. 25
Children
Based on their
filiations, he was probably the father of the consuls
Spurius Postumius Albinus and
Aulus Postumius Albinus.
See also
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Postumia gens
The gens Postumia was a noble patrician family at ancient Rome. Throughout the history of the Republic, the Postumii frequently occupied the chief magistracies of the Roman state, beginning with Publius Postumius Tubertus, consul in 505 BC, th ...
References
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2nd-century BC Roman consuls
Spurius, Magnus