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Aulus Postumius Albinus (cos. 99)

Consul in 99 BCE. Brother of Spurius (cos. 110 BCE). Together they fought king Jugurtha.

🏛️ Career

  1. 102 BCE
    (aged 49)
    Praetor

    Broughton: The latest date possible under the Lex Villia.

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR1
    Career-overlap (1) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    M. Antonius (cos. 99) (): 102 BCE (Praetor) , 99 BCE (Consul)

  2. 99 BCE
    (aged 52)
    Consul · Co-consul: M. Antonius (cos. 99)

    MT: Co-consul with Marcus Antonius. Various ancient authors (Cicero, Pliny, Gellius, etc.) record their consulship. Coins of Postumius are known. During his consulship Antonius opposed an agrarian law proposed by the tribune Titius (per Cicero, De Oratore).

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 1².2.680; Cic. P. Red. ad Quir. 11; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 55f., 128, 478f.; Plin. NH 8.19; Gell. 4.6.1-2; Obseq. 46; Chr. 354 (Antonino et Albino); Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Antonius, I. de Delos 4.1.1700; App. BC 1.32; Apul. Apol. 17; and on Postumius, Grueber, CRRBM 1.509. Antonius opposed the agrarian law of Titius (Cic. De Or. 2.48, cf. 2.265; 3.10; see Tribunes of the Plebs).
    Career-overlap (1) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    M. Antonius (cos. 99) (): 102 BCE (Praetor) , 99 BCE (Consul)

🏺 Family

  1. Siblings
    Spurius Postumius Albinus (cos. 110)