Aulus Postumius Tubertus

Aulus Postumius Tubertus was a Roman military leader in the wars with the Aequi and Volsci during the fifth century BC.

When it was decided to appoint a dictator to undertake the war with the Aequi and Volsci in 431, the consuls could not agree, and by lot the choice fell to Cincinnatus, who nominated his father-in-law.

The two men proceeded against the enemy, and on the 18th of June, won a great victory over the Aequi and Volsci at Mount Algidus.

This was the site of a previous victory over the Aequi by the dictator Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus in 458 BC.

Livy doubted the truth of this account, noting that a similar and more infamous tradition was associated with Titus Manlius Torquatus, consul in 347, 344, and 340 BC.

Postumius kills his son for betraying his orders by Beccafumi for Palazzo Pubblico in Siena