Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus was a politician of ancient Rome, of patrician rank, during the 2nd century BC.[1] He was consul in 148 BC, in which year a great fire happened at Rome.[2] It is this Spurius Albinus of whom Cicero speaks in the Brutus, and says that there were many orations of his.[3]

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

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  1. ^ Smith, William (1867), "Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus (19)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 92
  2. ^ Julius Obsequens, 78
  3. ^ Cicero, Brutus c. 25

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Albinus (19)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 92.

Political offices Preceded byL. Marcius CensorinusManius Manilius Roman consul 148 BCwith Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus Succeeded byScipio AemilianusGaius Livius Drusus
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