Aulus Postumius Albinus (Consul 99 BC)

Aulus Postumius Albinus

Aulus Postumius Albinus († 89 BC ) was a Roman politician of the late Republic and probably a distant descendant of Marcus Postumius Regillensis .

Presumably he is to be equated with the brother of the same name of Spurius Postumius Albinus , consul 110 BC. BC, who fought under this as a legacy against the Numid king Jugurtha and suffered a crushing defeat. 99 BC Nevertheless, Aulus managed to become consul himself. In 89 BC He was a legate and naval commander of Sulla and was killed by his own soldiers for alleged treason.

Remarks

^ Joachim Ermann: Research on Roman law; Criminal Trial, Public Interest and Private Prosecution: Investigations into the Criminal Law of the Roman Republic, Der Fall des Postumius , p. 98, note 288.
↑ Marieluise Deißmann-Merten : Postumius 1. In: Der Kleine Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Sp. 1086 f.
^ Sallust , Bellum Iugurthinum 38.
↑ Some researchers, such as Friedrich Münzer , Postumius 32) , in: Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassertumswwissenschaft , Vol. XXII 1, Col. 908f, assume that the events described can be ascribed to several people with this name. On the other hand, Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton , The magistrates of the Roman republic , vol. 3, Supplement (1986), p. 173, assumes that legates 110 and 89 BC. And the consul in 99 BC Are one and the same person.

literature

Marieluise Deißmann-Merten : Postumius 13. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Sp. 1087.

personal data
SURNAME	Postumius Albinus, Aulus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Albinus, Aulus Postumius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman politician, consul 99 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	89 BC Chr.

[1] Joachim Ermann: Research on Roman law; Criminal Trial, Public Interest and Private Prosecution: Investigations into the Criminal Law of the Roman Republic, Der Fall des Postumius , p. 98, note 288.

[2] Marieluise Deißmann-Merten : Postumius 1. In: Der Kleine Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Sp. 1086 f.

[3] Sallust , Bellum Iugurthinum 38.

[4] Some researchers, such as Friedrich Münzer , Postumius 32) , in: Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassertumswwissenschaft , Vol. XXII 1, Col. 908f, assume that the events described can be ascribed to several people with this name. On the other hand, Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton , The magistrates of the Roman republic , vol. 3, Supplement (1986), p. 173, assumes that legates 110 and 89 BC. And the consul in 99 BC Are one and the same person.