Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis (consul 432 BC)
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Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis, apparently son the Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis
who was consul in 466 BC
, was a patrician politician of ancient Rome. He was appointed consular tribune in 432 BC
, and served as legatus
in the war in the following year, under the dictator
Aulus Postumius Tubertus
. Livy
mentions him leading a group of reinforcements at a critical moment.
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 genealogies from such early times. He was consul in 466 BC...
who was consul in 466 BC
466 BC
Year 466 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Priscus and Albinus...
, was a patrician politician of ancient Rome. He was appointed consular tribune in 432 BC
432 BC
Year 432 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Mamercus, Albinus and Medullinus...
, and served as legatus
Legatus
A legatus was a general in the Roman army, equivalent to a modern general officer. Being of senatorial rank, his immediate superior was the dux, and he outranked all military tribunes...
in the war in the following year, under the dictator
Dictator
A dictator is a ruler who assumes sole and absolute power but without hereditary ascension such as an absolute monarch. When other states call the head of state of a particular state a dictator, that state is called a dictatorship...
Aulus Postumius Tubertus
Aulus Postumius Tubertus
Aulus Postumius Tubertus was a Roman military leader in the wars with the Aequi and Volsci during the 5th century BC. He served as Magister Equitum under the dictator Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus in 433 BC....
. Livy
Livy
Titus Livius — known as Livy in English — was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, "Chapters from the Foundation of the City," covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC...
mentions him leading a group of reinforcements at a critical moment.