Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus
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Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus was a politician of ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 2nd century BC.[1] He was consul in 148 BC, in which year a great fire happened at Rome.[2] It is this Spurius Albinus of whom Cicero speaks in the Brutus, and says that there were many orations of his.[3]
He was probably the father of Spurius Postumius Albinus and Aulus Postimius Albinus.
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- ↑ Julius Obsequens, 78
- ↑ Cicero, Brutus c. 25
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| Preceded by | Consul of the Roman Republic with Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus 148 BC |
Succeeded by Scipio Aemilianus Africanus and Gaius Livius Drusus |
