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Spurius Postumius Albinus
Spurius Postumius
Consul of 321 BC, one of the two generals trapped at Caudium; he negotiated the sponsion, then urged that the sponsors be surrendered to the Samnites to free Rome of the obligation.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 9 §1 Spurius Postumius
Consul of 321; trapped at Caudium, he pledged the disgraceful peace, then proposed that he and the other sponsors be handed over to the Samnites.