Aulus Postumius Albinus (consul 242 BC)

Aulus Postumius Albinus was a politician of Ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 3rd century BC.{{Citation | last = Smith | first = William | author-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | contribution = Aulus Postumius Albinus (10) | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 91 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0100.html }}

He was elected consul in 242 BC with Gaius Lutatius Catulus, who defeated the Carthaginians in the Battle of the Aegates Islands, and thus, brought the First Punic War to an end. Albinus was kept in the city, against his will, by the Pontifex Maximus, because he was Flamen Martialis.Livy, Epit. 19, xxiii. 13Eutropius, ii. 27Valerius Maximus, i. 1. § 2 He was censor in 234 BC,Fasti Capitolini and was apparently the father of the Lucius Postumius Albinus who was consul in 234 and 229 BC.{{cite DGRBM|title=Albinus (11)|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Dalbinus-bio-12}}