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Albinus or Albus was the cognomen
Cognomen

The cognomen was originally a middle name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary ....
, or distinguishing family name, of the prin­cipal family
Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan, caste, or group of families, that shared a common name and a belief in a common ancestor. In the Roman naming convention, the second name was the name of the gens to which the person belonged....
 of the patrician
Patrician

The term "patrician" originally referred to a group of elitism citizens in ancient Rome, including both their natural and adopted members. In the late Roman empire, the class was broadened to include high council officials, and after the fall of the Western Empire became a term for Byzantine Imperial governors in the West....
 Postumia gens
Postumia gens

Postumia gens was one of the most ancient patrician gens at Rome.Its members frequently held the highest office of the state, from the banishment of the kings to the downfall of the republic....
. The original name was Albus, as appears from the Fasti
Fasti

Fasti, a Latin word, refers to the Roman calendar and almanac; and especially, to a long, possibly unfinished poem on the religious festivals of the Roman year and their mythology underpinnings, by the poet Ovid....
, which was afterwards lengthened into Albinus. We find in proper names in Latin, derivatives ending in -anus, -enus, and -inus, used without any additional meaning, in the same sense as the simple forms.








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Albinus or Albus was the cognomen
Cognomen

The cognomen was originally a middle name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary ....
, or distinguishing family name, of the prin­cipal family
Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan, caste, or group of families, that shared a common name and a belief in a common ancestor. In the Roman naming convention, the second name was the name of the gens to which the person belonged....
 of the patrician
Patrician

The term "patrician" originally referred to a group of elitism citizens in ancient Rome, including both their natural and adopted members. In the late Roman empire, the class was broadened to include high council officials, and after the fall of the Western Empire became a term for Byzantine Imperial governors in the West....
 Postumia gens
Postumia gens

Postumia gens was one of the most ancient patrician gens at Rome.Its members frequently held the highest office of the state, from the banishment of the kings to the downfall of the republic....
. The original name was Albus, as appears from the Fasti
Fasti

Fasti, a Latin word, refers to the Roman calendar and almanac; and especially, to a long, possibly unfinished poem on the religious festivals of the Roman year and their mythology underpinnings, by the poet Ovid....
, which was afterwards lengthened into Albinus. We find in proper names in Latin, derivatives ending in -anus, -enus, and -inus, used without any additional meaning, in the same sense as the simple forms.

Notable Albini


5th century BC
  • Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis
    Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis

    WAS A DICTATORAulus Postumius Albus Regillensis was an ancient Roman who, according to Livy, was dictator in 498 BC, when he conquered the Latins in the great Battle of Lake Regillus....
    , consul in 496 BC
  • Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis (consul 466 BC)
    Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis (consul 466 BC)

    Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis was a patrician politician of Ancient Rome. He was, apparently, according to the Fasti, the son of Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis, although it must be observed that no great dependence can be placed upon genealogy from such early times....
  • Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis (consul 464 BC)
    Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis (consul 464 BC)

    Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis was a patrician politician of ancient Rome, and apparently son of Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis, and therefore brother of Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis ....
  • Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis (consul 432 BC)
    Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis (consul 432 BC)

    Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis, apparently son the Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis who was consul in 466 BC, was a patrician politician of ancient Rome....
  • Publius Postumius Albus Regillensis
    Publius Postumius Albus Regillensis

    Publius Postumius Albus Regillensis, whom Livy calls "Marcus", was a patrician politician of ancient Rome who was appointed one of four military consular tribunes in 414 BC....
    , consular tribune in 414 BC, and shortly thereafter murdered by his own men
  • Marcus Postumius Albinus Regillensis
    Marcus Postumius Albinus Regillensis

    Marcus Postumius Albinus Regillensis was an ancient Roman politician, of patrician family, in the late 5th century BC. He is mentioned by Livy as consular tribune in 403 BC, but this was demonstrated by later scholars to be an error....
    , censor in 403 BC


4th century BC
  • Aulus Postumius Albinus Regillensis
    Aulus Postumius Albinus Regillensis

    Aulus Postumius Albinus Regillensis was a Roman politician, of patrician family, of the early 4th century BC. He was appointed consular tribune in 397 BC, and collected with his colleague Lucius Julius Iullus an army of volunteers, since the tribunes prevented them from making a regular levy, and cut off a body of Tarquins, who were return?i...
    , consular tribune in 397 BC
  • Spurius Postumius Albinus Regillensis
    Spurius Postumius Albinus Regillensis

    Spurius Postumius Albinus Regillensis was a Roman politician, of patrician family, of the early 4th century BC. He was elected a military consular tribune in 394 BC, and carried on the war against the Aequians....
    , consular tribune in 394 BC
  • Spurius Postumius Albinus
    Spurius Postumius Albinus

    Spurius Postumius Albinus was a politician of Ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 4th century BC. He was Roman consul in 334 BC, and invaded, with his colleague Titus Veturius Calvinus, the country of the Sidicini....
    , consul in 334 and 321 BC, general in the Second Samnite War


3rd century BC
  • Aulus Postumius Albinus (consul 242 BC)
    Aulus Postumius Albinus (consul 242 BC)

    Aulus Postumius Albinus was a politician of Ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 4th century BC.He was elected Roman consul in 242 BC with Gaius Lutatius Catulus, who de?feated the Carthage in the Battle of the Aegates Islands, and thus, brought the First Punic War to an end....
    , censor 234 BC
  • Lucius Postumius Albinus (consul 234 and 229 BC)
    Lucius Postumius Albinus (consul 234 and 229 BC)

    Lucius Postumius Albinus, or Lucius Postumius A.f. Albinus, not to be confused with his relative Lucius_Postumius_Albinus, was a Roman_consul of the 3rd century BC....


2nd century BC
  • Spurius Postumius Albinus (consul 186 BC)
    Spurius Postumius Albinus (consul 186 BC)

    Spurius Postumius Albinus was a politician of Ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 2nd century BC. He was praetor peregrinus in 189 BC, and Roman consul in 186 BC....
  • Aulus Postumius Albinus Luscus
    Aulus Postumius Albinus Luscus

    Aulus Postumius Albinus Luscus was a politician of Ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 2nd century BC. He was curule aedile in 187 BC, when he exhibited the Great Games, praetor in 185 BC, and Roman consul in 180 BC....
    , consul in 180 BC
  • Spurius Postumius Albinus Paullulus
    Spurius Postumius Albinus Paullulus

    Spurius Postumius Albinus Paullulus was a politician of ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 2nd century BC. He was praetor in Sicily in 183 BC, and Roman consul in 174 BC....
    , consul in 174 BC
  • Lucius Postumius Albinus
    Lucius Postumius Albinus

    Lucius Postumius Albinus was a statesman of the Roman Republic. He is not to be confused with his relative , Lucius_Postumius_Albinus_%28consul_234_and_229_BC%29, who was killed in 216_BC....
    , consul in 173 BC
  • Aulus Postumius Albinus, one of the officers in the army of Aemilius Paullus
    Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus

    Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus was a Ancient Rome general and politician....
     in Macedonia
    Macedonia

    Macedonia may refer to:...
     in 168 BC. He was sent by Paullus to treat with Perseus
    Perseus of Macedon

    File:Perseus_of_Macedon BM.jpgPerseus was the last king of the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled the successor state in Macedon created upon the death of Alexander the Great....
    , and afterwards Perseus and his son Philip were committed to his care by Paullus.
  • Lucius Postumius Albinus (consul 154 BC)
    Lucius Postumius Albinus (consul 154 BC)

    Lucius Postumius Albinus was a politician of ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 2nd century BC. He was curule aedile in 161 BC, and exhibited the Ludi Megalenses, at which Terence's play Eunuchus had debuted....
  • Aulus Postumius Albinus (consul 151 BC)
    Aulus Postumius Albinus (consul 151 BC)

    Aulus Postumius Albinus, appa?rently the son of Aulus Postumius Albinus Luscus, was praetor in 155 BC, and Roman consul in 151 BC with Lucius Licinius Lucullus....
  • Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus
    Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus

    Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus was a politician of ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 2nd century BC. He was Roman consul in 148 BC, in which year a great fire hap?pened at Rome....
    , consul 148 BC
  • Spurius Postumius Albinus (consul 110 BC)
    Spurius Postumius Albinus (consul 110 BC)

    Spurius Postumius Albinus was a politician of ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 2nd century BC. He was Roman consul in 110 BC, and obtained the province of Numidia to carry on the war against Jugurtha....
  • Aulus Postimius Albinus (propraetor 110 BC)
    Aulus Postimius Albinus (propraetor 110 BC)

    Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus was a general of ancient Rome, of patrician rank, of the 2nd century BC, who was brother of Spurius Postumius Albinus , and probably son of Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus....


1st century BC
  • Aulus Postumius Albinus
    Aulus Postumius Albinus

    Aulus Postumius Albinus, was a politician of the Roman Republic, and second Roman consul in 99 BC with Marcus Antonius Orator. Aulus Gellius quotes the words of a Senatus consultum ultimum passed in their con?sulship in consequence of the spears of Mars having moved....
    , consul in 99 BC
  • Aulus Postumius Albinus (praetor 89 BC)
    Aulus Postumius Albinus (praetor 89 BC)

    Aulus Postumius Albinus was a general of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. He was a person of praetorian rank, and commanded the fleet in the Marsic War in 89 BC....
  • Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
    Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus

    Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus was a Ancient Rome politician and general of the 1st century BC and one of Julius Caesar's assassins....
     (adopted), Roman admiral of Caesar and later one of his assassins.
  • Aulus Postumius Albinus was placed by Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar

    'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
     over Sicily
    Sicily

    Sicily is an Autonomous regions with special statute of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25,708 km? and currently has just over five million inhabitants....
     in 48 BC.


1st century
  • Lucceius Albinus
    Lucceius Albinus

    Lucceius Albinus was the Roman Empire List of Kings of Judea#Procurator from 62 until 64 and the Roman governor of Mauretania from 64 until 69....
    , a Roman procurator of Iudaea Province (62–64)


2nd century
  • Decimus Clodius Albinus
    Clodius Albinus

    Decimus Clodius Septimius Al?binus was a Roman usurper proclaimed Roman Emperor by the legions in Roman Britain and Hispania upon the murder of Pertinax....
    , a ruler of Roman Britain and claimant to the Roman Empire
  • Juventinus Albius Ovidius
    Juventinus Albius Ovidius

    Juventinus Albius Ovidius was the name of the author of thirty-five distichs entitled Elegia de Philomela, containing a collection of those words which are supposed to express appropriately the sounds uttered by birds, quadrupeds, and other animals....
    , a Roman poet, probably of the late 2nd century