Lucius Postumius Albinus (consul 234 and 229 BC)

Lucius Postumius Albinus (died 216 BC) was a Roman politician and general of the 3rd century BC who was elected a consul three times. Most of our knowledge about his career and his demise comes from Livy's Ab Urbe Condita.

Albinus was a member of the patrician gens Postumia, and the son of Aulus Postumius Albinus, who as a consul in 242 BC.

He was elected as a consul for the first time in 234 BC, during which he campaigned against the Ligures. It has been conjectured that he was then elected Praetor for the first time in the following year (233 BC). Albinus was then elected as a consul for a second time in 229 BC, during which he and his consular colleague Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus were engaged in a war against the Illyrian queen Teuta. Albinus commanded the land forces, and gained a number of significant victories during the year. He captured Apollonia and then went to the relief of Epidamnos and Issa, forcing the Illyrians to abandon both sieges. He also managed to subdue a number of local Illyrian tribes before returning to Epidamnos.

Albinus was granted a pro-consular extension to his command in 228 BC, after his term ended, in order to conclude the peace treaty with the Illyrians. Once it had been concluded, he sent legates to the Aetolian and Achaean Leagues, where they explained the reasons for the war and the Roman invasion, as well as the terms of the treaty with Queen Teuta. On his return to Rome, unlike his comrade, he was not granted a triumph to celebrate his victory.

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