Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis was an ancient Roman who, according to Livy

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, was dictator

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 in 498 BC

498 BC

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, when he conquered the Latins in the great Battle of Lake Regillus

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The Battle of Lake Regillus was a legendary early Roman victory, won over the Latin League led by the expelled Etruscan former king of Rome. It is usually said to have occurred in 498 BC, but other dates have been proposed, including 499 BC, 496 BC and 493 BC.The battle may be entirely legendary,...

. Many of the coins

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 of the Albini commemorate this victory of their ancestor, as in the one pictured. Roman folklore related that Castor and Pollux

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 were seen fighting in this battle on the side of the Romans, whence the dictator afterwards dedicated a temple to Castor and Pollux

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 in the Roman Forum

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He was consul

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 in 496 BC, in which year some of the annals, according to Livy, placed the battle of Lake Regillus; and it is to this year that Dionysius

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 assigns it. The name "Regillensis" is usually supposed to have been derived from this battle; but Niebuhr

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 thinks that it was taken from a place of residence, just as the Claudii

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 bore the same name, and that the later annalists only spoke of Postumius as commander in consequence of the name. Livy states expressly, that Scipio Africanus

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 was the first Roman who obtained a surname from his conquests.

He was, according to some genealogies, the father of Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis

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...

 and Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis

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. He was consul in 464 BC, carried on war against the Aequians, and protected the border from raiders...

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