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Laureate head of Galba; "SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P", from c. 68 CE. Galba was about sixty-nine years old when declared emperor (Morgan 2007, 32), a stark contrast to the young Nero. Galba shows his age through his sunken cheeks and wrinkles on the forehead. Possibly a tactical move to separate himself from the hated Nero, showing his ...
Gold aurei coins of the four Roman emperors of 69 AD. Clockwise from top left: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian. In 68 AD, the revolt of Gaius Julius Vindex, governor of Gallia Lugdunensis, was the final catalyst that brought the Julio-Claudian line to an end. He was joined, in theory, by the powerful governor of Hispania Tarraconensis ...
Oct 18, 2012 · F.Tronchin (CC BY-NC-SA) Vitellius was Roman emperor from April to December 69 CE. Vitellius was the third of the four emperors who ruled the Roman Empire in the year 69 CE. One of his predecessors, Galba, who had replaced the fallen Emperor Nero, was murdered by the Praetorian Guard for failing to keep promises to those who had put him in power.
Galba was Roman emperor from June 68 to January 69 CE. With the death of Emperor Nero on June 9, 68 CE, the Julio-Claudian dynasty officially ended, leaving the Roman Empire without a clear successor to the throne. With the assistance of the army, Galba, governor-general of Spain, quickly rose to fill the void. More about: Galba Timeline
C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Galba, chapter 1. life: chapter: THE race of the Caesars became extinct in Nero; an event prognosticated by various signs, two of which were particularly significant. Formerly, when Livia, after her marriage with Augustus, was making a visit to her villa at Veii , 1 an eagle flying by, let drop upon her lap a hen, with ...
Galba. Galba ( c. 3 bc–ad 69), Roman emperor ad 68–9. The successor to Nero, he aroused hostility by his severity and parsimony and was murdered in a conspiracy organized by his successor Otho in the Year of the Four Emperors. Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba) (găl´bə), 3 BC–AD 69, Roman emperor (AD 68–AD 69). He distinguished himself ...
Galba. Galba, celým menom Servius Sulpicius Galba, (* 24. december 3 pred Kr. – † 15. január 69) bol rímsky cisár od 8. júna 68 do 15. januára 69. Po smrti posledného cisára júlio-klaudiovskej dynastie Neróna, ktorý nezanechal dediča, vyhlásili vojská v Hispánii za cisára Servia Sulpica Galbu. Senát potvrdil jeho ...
