Albinus

Albīnus, i, m., a Roman family name.

• I The name of a Roman usurer, Hor. A. P. 327.—
• II A. Postumius Albinus, censor, A. U. C. 580, Cic. Verr. 1, 41, 106; Liv. 41, 27.—
• III Esp.: A. Postumius Albinus, who was consul with Lucullus a short time before the third Punic war, 603 A. U. C., and the author of a Roman Hist. in Greek, cf. Cic. Brut. 21, 81; id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 45, 137; Gell. 11, 8; Macr. S. praef. 13.

2. Albīnus, ī, m., ein röm. Familienname, bes. der gens Postumia, unter dem bes. bekannt Aulus Postumius Albinus, Konsul i.J. 151 v. Chr. u. berühmt als Verfasser einer röm. Geschichte in griech. Sprache, Cic. Brut. 81. Gell. 11, 8.

2 Albinus , silver personified as a saint, bribery (v. P. Lehmann: Die Parodie im Mittelalter 44); cf. Rufinus. se tutos interventu fecerunt ~i coram omnium judice Map NC I 25 p. 50.

1 Albīnus, (11) ī, m. , nom de famille rom., branche principale des Postumii ; not^t ¶ 1 A. Postumius Albinus, auteur dʼune histoire romaine en grec : Cic. Br. 81 ; Gell. 11, 8, 4 ¶ 2 Sp. Postumius Albinus et son frère Aulus, qui figurèrent dans la guerre contre Jugurtha : Sall. J. 35 sqq. ¶ 3 empereur romain.

Albīnus

or Albus Postumius. The name of a patrician family at Rome, many of the members of which held the highest offices of the State, from the commencement of the Republic to its downfall. The founder of the family was dictator B.C. 498, when he conquered the Latins in the great battle near Lake Regillus (q.v.).

Albīnus, Clodius

A governor of Britain at the death of the emperor Commodus (q.v.) in A.D. 192. In order to secure his neutrality, Septimius Severus made him Caesar; but, after Severus had defeated his rivals, he turned his arms against Albinus. A great battle was fought between them at Lugdunum (Lyons), in Gaul, A.D. 197, in which Albinus was defeated and killed.