person
Lucius Postumius Albinus
Albinus
also: Albinum, Litana Albinus, L. Postumius Albinus
Roman consul (twice, and consul-elect for 215 BC) who was destroyed with his whole army by the Boii in the Litana forest in Cisalpine Gaul in 216 BC. Cicero lists him among Romans who met death facing the enemy.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §1.89 nor Litana Albinus
L. Postumius Albinus, consul-elect, was destroyed with his army by the Boii in the Litana forest in Cisalpine Gaul (216 BC). One of the Roman commanders who perished facing death for Rome.