Galba
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Bust of Galba
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| 6th Emperor of the Roman Empire | |||||
| Reign | 9 June 68 – 15 January 69 (7 months) |
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| Predecessor | Nero | ||||
| Successor | Otho | ||||
| Born | 24 December 3 BC Near Terracina, Italy |
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| Died | 15 January 69 (aged 70) Rome |
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| Spouse | Aemilia Lepida | ||||
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| Dynasty | None | ||||
| Mother | Mummia Achaica | ||||
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| Servius Sulpicius Galba (at birth); Lucius Livius Ocella Sulpicius Galba (until ascension); Servius Sulpicius Galba Caesar Augustus (as emperor); Imperator Servius Galba Caesar Augustus (imperial name) |
| Roman imperial dynasties | |||
| Year of the Four Emperors | |||
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| Galba | 68–69 | ||
| Otho | 69 | ||
| Vitellius | 69 | ||
| Vespasian | 69–79 | ||
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Preceded by Julio-Claudian dynasty |
Followed by Flavian dynasty |
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Galba (Latin: Servius Sulpicius Galba Caesar Augustus; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January 69), pron. /ˈsɜːrviəs sʌlˈpɪʃəs ˈɡælbə/, was Roman Emperor for seven months from 68 to 69. Galba was the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, and made a bid for the throne during the rebellion of Julius Vindex. He was the first emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors and the last emperor born in the First Century BC.
He was born as Servius Sulpicius Galba near Terracina, "on the left as you go towards Fundi" in the words of Suetonius.
Through his paternal grandfather ("more eminent for his learning than for his rank — for he did not advance beyond the grade of praetor" and who "published a voluminous and painstaking history", and, according to Suetonius, predicted his rise to power), he was descended from Servius Sulpicius Galba. Galba's father attained the consulship, and although he was short, hunchbacked and only an indifferent speaker, was an industrious pleader at the bar.
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