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Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus was a politician of ancient Rome, of patrician rank, during the 2nd century BC.^[1] He was consul in 148 BC, in which year a great fire happened at Rome.^[2] It is this Spurius Albinus of whom Cicero speaks in the Brutus, and says that there were many orations of his.^[3]

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Based on their filiations, he was probably the father of the consuls Spurius Postumius Albinus and Aulus Postumius Albinus.

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^ Smith, William (1867), "Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus (19)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 92
^ Julius Obsequens, 78
^ Cicero, Brutus c. 25

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Albinus (19)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 92.

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Preceded by L. Marcius Censorinus Manius Manilius	Roman consul 148 BC with Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus	Succeeded by Scipio Aemilianus Gaius Livius Drusus

[DGRBM-1] Smith, William (1867), "Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus (19)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 92

[2] Julius Obsequens, 78

[3] Cicero, Brutus c. 25

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