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Galba (/ ˈ ɡ æ l b ə /, GAL-bə; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. He was the first emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors and assumed the throne following Emperor Nero 's suicide.
Gaius Sulpicius Galba, praetor urbanus in 171 BC. Servius Sulpicius Ser. f. P. n. Galba, tried for his atrocities against the Lusitani in 150 BC, but was acquitted, and served as consul in 144 BC. Cicero describes him as an orator of no mean talent.
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1. GNAEUS FULVIUS CENTUMALUS and Publius 1 Sulpicius Galba, the consuls, having entered upon office on the Ides of March, summoned the senate to the Capitol 2 and consulted the fathers in regard to the state, the conduct of the war, and the provinces and armies.
Aug 23, 2012 · Servius Sulpicius Galba was born into an aristocratic family on December 24, 3 BCE to Gaius Sulpicius Galba and Mummia Achaica. An older brother, Gaius, (ten years his senior) would later commit suicide in 36 CE, due to “financial embarrassment,” after incurring the ire of Emperor Tiberius .
- Donald L. Wasson
TIlE recent discovery 1 that the praenomen of Sulpicius Galba, the consul of 5 B.C. and father of the emperor Galba, was Gaius and not Servius as hitherto commonly assumed, recalls attention to the Augustan inscriptions which at Delphi, Samos and. Athens honor as benefactor a certain Gaius Sulpicius (Galba). For the latter have.
emperor (68-69), Roman Empire. governor (60-68), Nearer Spain. Galba (born Dec. 24, 3 bc —died Jan. 15, ad 69, Rome) was a Roman emperor for seven months ( ad 68–69), whose administration was priggishly upright, though his advisers allegedly were corrupt. Galba was the son of the consul Gaius Sulpicius Galba and Mummia Achaica, and in ...
Details. individual; ruler; royal/imperial; Roman; Male. Life dates. 3BC-69. Biography. Emperor 68-69. Servius Sulpicius Galba was born in 3 BC and known through his younger days as Lucius Livius Ocella. He had two sons by his wife Lepida, but never remarried after her death. Gaius (Caligula) (q.v.) placed him as a commander in upper Germany.
