Roman senator
Aulus Postumius Albinus Luscus was a politician of Ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 2nd century BC.[1] curule aedile in 187 BC, when he exhibited the Great Games, praetor in 185 BC, and consul in 180 BC.[2] Ligurians .[3]
He was censor in 174 BC with Quintus Fulvius Flaccus . Their censorship was a severe one; they expelled nine members from the senate , and degraded many of equestrian rank . They enacted, however, many public works.[4] [5] decemviri sacrorum Lucius Cornelius Lentulus .[6] Greece to inquire into the truth of the representations of the Dardanians and Thessalians about the Bastarnae and Perseus of Macedon .[7] Crete ;[8] Macedonia in 168 BC he was one of the ten commissioners appointed to settle the affairs of the country with Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus .[9] Livy not infrequently calls him "Luscus", from which it would seem that he was blind in one eye.[1]
^ a b Smith, William (1867), "Aulus Postumius Albinus (13)" , in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Little, Brown and Company , p. 91^ Livy , xxxix. 7, 23, xl 35^ Livy , xl. 41^ Livy , xli. 32, xlii. 10^ comp. Cicero , In Verrem ^ Livy , xlii. 10^ Polybius , xxvi. 9^ Livy , xlii. 35^ Livy , xlv. 17 public domain : Smith, William , ed. (1870). "Albinus (13)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Albinus (13)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 91.