Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis (died 439 BC) was a patrician politician of Ancient Rome. His

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as reported in the ''

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'' suggests he was the son of Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis, consul 496 BC, and brother of Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis, consul 464 BC, although it must be observed that no great dependence can be placed upon

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from such early times. He, or possibly his brother Aulus, was appointed to dedicate the Temple of Castor in 484 BC as ''duumviri aedi dedicandae''. 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 thro ...

in 466 BC and is credited with the dedication of the temple of Dius Fidius while his consular colleague Quintus Servilius Priscus fought the

Aequi 300px, Location of the Aequi (Equi) in central Italy, 5th century BC. The Aequi were an Italic tribe on a stretch of the Apennine Mountains to the east of Latium in central Italy who appear in the early history of ancient Rome. After a long stru ...

. He was either a

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as gathered from an inscription saying that he co-opted the year in 462 BC, a role traditionally ascribed to one of these posts. He was one of the three commissioners sent into

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to collect information about the laws of that country leaving in 454 and returning in 452 BC. He was appointed as a member of the first decemvirate in 451 BC. He commanded, as

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, the center of the Roman army in the

Battle of Corbio The Battle of Corbio took place in 446 BC. General Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus and legatus Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis (consul 466 BC), Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis led Roman troops to a victory over the Aequi tribes of ...

, in which the

ans and

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ans were defeated in 446 BC. He died in 439 BC and was replaced in his priesthood by Quintus Servilius Priscus, possibly identified as the same man as the dictator of 435 BC.Broughton, vol i, pp.57 He was apparently the father of the Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis who was

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in 432 BC.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Postumius Albus Regillensis, Spurius consul 288 AUC 439 BC deaths 5th-century BC Roman consuls Ancient Roman decemvirs Regillensis, Spurius consul 288 AUC Roman legates Year of birth unknown

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