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Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus

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Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus was a politician of ancient Rome, of patrician rank, during the 2nd century BC.{{Citation | last = Smith | first = William | author-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | contribution = Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus (19) | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 92 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0101.html }} He was consul in 148 BC, in which year a great fire happened at Rome.Julius Obsequens, 78 It is this Spurius Albinus of whom Cicero speaks in the Brutus, and says that there were many orations of his.Cicero, Brutus c. 25

Children

Based on their filiations, he was probably the father of the consuls Spurius Postumius Albinus and Aulus Postumius Albinus.

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Category:2nd-century BC Roman consuls

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