Lucius Postumius (abbrev. L. P.) Albinus, not to be confused with his relative (son or nephew?) Lucius Postumius Albinus, was a Roman consul of the 3rd century BC. Most of our knowledge about his carrer and his demise comes from Livy's Ab Urbe Condita. Lucius Postumius Albinus (2nd century BC), Roman Praetor who celebrated an important triumph over the Lusitanians in 179 BC. ... This article is about the highest office of the Roman Republic. ... A portrait of Titus Livius made long after his death. ... Penguin Classics 1976 edition of Livys Ab Urbe condita, books XXXI-XLV Ab Urbe condita (literally, from the city, having been founded) is a monumental history of Rome, from its founding (ab Urbe condita, dated to 753 BC by Varro and most modern scholars). ...

He was elected to highest office three times, for the years 234, 229 and 216 BC. In 228/7 BC, he was the leader of a Roman military campaign against the Illyrian queen Teuta, but he did not celebrate a triumph for this victory upon his return.^[1] Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC - 230s BC - 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC Years: 239 BC 238 BC 237 BC 236 BC 235 BC - 234 BC - 233 BC 232 BC... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC - 220s BC - 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC Years: 234 BC 233 BC 232 BC 231 BC 230 BC - 229 BC - 228 BC 227 BC... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC - 210s BC - 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC Years: 221 BC 220 BC 219 BC 218 BC 217 BC - 216 BC - 215 BC 214 BC... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC - 220s BC - 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC Years: 233 BC 232 BC 231 BC 230 BC 229 BC - 228 BC - 227 BC 226 BC... Illyria (disambiguation) Illyrians has come to refer to a broad, ill-defined Indo-European[1] group of peoples who inhabited the western Balkans (Illyria, roughly from northern Epirus to southern Pannonia) and even perhaps parts of Southern Italy in classical times into the Common era, and spoke Illyrian languages. ... Queen Teuta of the Illyrians (reigned approximately from 231 BC to 228 BC) (aka Tefta) After the death of Agron (250 BC?-231 BC) who established the first kingdom of Illyria, from which the Albanians are believed to descend, extending from Dalmatia on the north to the Aous (Vjosa river... A Roman Triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly honour the military commander (dux) of a notably successful foreign war or campaign and to display the glories of Roman victory. ...

In 216 BC, as a consul elect, but still in the rank of a praetor, he was to lead his army of two legions plus reinforcements through a forest in Gallia Cisalpina, where a force of Celtic Boii warriors ambushed him and annihilated most of his soldiers. Postumius and the remainder of the legions tried to escape over a nearby bridge, but they were slaughtered by a Boian detachement who guarded the crossing. The consul's skull was then clad in gold and made into a sacrificial bowl, as Livy tells us: // Definition According to Cicero, Praetor was a title which designated the consuls as the leaders of the armies of the state. ... Legion can refer to: Roman legion, a division of troops within the Roman army Legion (demon), a demon found in the Christian Bible in Mark 5:9 and Luke 8:30 The American Legion, A veterans organization in the United States A creature from Castlevania Category: ... Province of the Roman Republic, in modern-day northern Italy. ... A Celtic cross. ... Boii (Latin plural, singular Boius; Greek Βοιοι) is the Roman name of an ancient Celtic tribe, attested at various times in Transalpine Gaul (modern France) and Cisalpine Gaul (northern Italy), as well as most anciently found in Pannonia (today Western Hungary), Bohemia, Moravia and western Slovakia. ... A portrait of Titus Livius made long after his death. ...

Spolia corporis caputque praecisum ducis Boi ovantes templo, quod sanctissimum est apud eos, intulere. Purgato inde capite, ut mos iis est, calvam auro caelavere, idque sacrum vas iis erat, quo sollemnibus libarent, poculumque idem sacerdotibus ac templi antistitibus.^[2]

"After stripping his body of its spoils and cutting off the head, the Boi triumphantly bore them to their mosty sacred sanctuary. As it is their custom, they cleaned his scull and clad the brain pan in gold; and it was a holy vessel for them, which they used for solemn libations, and also a drinking cup for the priests and provosts of the sanctuary." (Transl. by author.)

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Head hunting, with a short reference to the Celtic practice of collecting defeated enemies' heads. Headhunter can refer to: Headhunter: a person who takes someones life in order to take their head. ...