Albinus

Albīnus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Albīnus or Albus Postumius. The name of a patrician family at Rome, many of the members of which held the highest offices of the State, from the commencement of the Republic to its downfall. The founder of the family was dictator B.C. 498, when he conquered the Latins in the great battle near Lake Regillus (q.v.)....

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Albinus in Wikipedia

Albinus (philosopher) Albinus (Greek: Ἀλβῖνος; fl. c. 150 AD) was a Platonist philosopher, who lived at Smyrna, and was teacher of Galen.[1] A short tract by him, entitled Introduction to Plato's dialogues, has come down to us. From the title of one of the extant manuscripts we learn that Albinus was a pupil of Gaius the Platonist.[2] The original...

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