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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.
Athens honor as benefactor a certain Gaius Sulpicius (Galba). For the latter have often been connected with the father or son of the consul of 5 B.C., on the grounds that the praenomen Gaius precluded any identification with that man himself. Even those who did not share the conviction that the praenomen of the consul of 5 B.C.
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.
The Sulpicii Galli were a family of the second and third centuries BC. Their cognomen may refer to a cock, or to a Gaul. The greatest of this family, Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, was a successful general and statesman, as well as an orator and scholar much admired by Cicero. [10]
Gaius Sulpicius Galba (died 36) was a Roman senator who was active during the reign of Tiberius. He was consul in AD 22 as the colleague of Decimus Haterius Agrippa. Sulpicius Galba was the son of Gaius Sulpicius Galba and Mummia Achaica, grandson of Quintus Lutatius Catulus; the future emperor Galba was his brother.
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.
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Overview. Sulpicius Galba, Gaius. Quick Reference. ( RE 52) son of Servius Sulpicius Galba (2) and grandfather of the emperor Galba, wrote an historical work cited by Juba (2). H. Peter, Historicorum Romanorum Reliquiae ii. 421; Fragmente der griechischen Historiker 92. [...] From: Sulpicius Galba (2), Gaius in The Oxford Classical Dictionary »
