Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis was a patrician politician of ancient Rome, and apparently son of Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis

Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis

Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis was an ancient Roman who, according to Livy, was dictator in 498 BC, when he conquered the Latins in the great Battle of Lake Regillus. Many of the coins of the Albini commemorate this victory of their ancestor, as in the one pictured...

, and therefore brother 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...

. He was consul

Roman consul

A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month...

 in 464 BC

464 BC

Year 464 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Fusus...

, carried on war against the Aequi

Aequi

thumb|300px|Location of the Aequi in central Italy.The Aequi were an ancient people of northeast Latium and the central Appennines of Italy who appear in the early history of ancient Rome. After a long struggle for independence from Rome they were defeated and substantial Roman colonies were...

ans, and protected the border from raiders. Before the Battle of Mons Algidus

Battle of Mons Algidus

The Battle of Mons Algidus was fought in 458 BC between the Roman Republic and the Aequi near Algidus Mons, Latium. The Roman dictator Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus turned a Roman defeat into an important victory.-Background:...

 he was sent as ambassador, along with Quintus Fabius Vibulanus

Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (467 BC)

Quintus Fabius Vibulanus, son of Marcus Fabius Vibulanus , was consul of the Roman Republic.-Biography:He was consul three times:# 467 BC, with Tiberius Aemilius L.f. Mamercinus...

 and Publius Volumnius Amintinus Gallus, to the Aequians in 458 BC

458 BC

Year 458 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rutilus and Carvetus...

, on which occasion he was insulted by their commander, who told him to take Rome's entreaties and tell them to an oak tree.