The gens Albinia was a plebeian family at Rome during the early centuries of the Republic. The first member of this gens to achieve prominence was Lucius Albinius Paterculus, one of the first men to hold the office of tribune of the plebs, after it was created in 494 BC.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
Origin The nomen Albinia is probably derived from the cognomen Albinus, a lengthened form of Albus, meaning "white" or "whitish".
Praenomina The Albinii are known to have used the praenomina Lucius, Gaius, and Marcus.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
Branches and cognomina The only cognomen associated with the Albinii is Paterculus, a diminutive of pater, which may be translated as "little father", "uncle", or "daddy".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, EditorGeorge Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897).
Members
Gaius Albinius, father of the tribune of 494 BC.Quintus Asconius Pedianus, in Cic. Cornel. p. 76, ed. Orelli. Lucius Albinius C. f. Paterculus, tribune of the plebs in 494 BC. Lucius Albinius, helped carry the priests and Vestals from Rome to Caere before the Gallic sack of Rome in 390 BC. Marcus Albinius, military tribune with consular power in 379 BC.Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita iv. 30.
See also List of Roman gentes
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