This article is about the emperor. For other uses, see Galba (disambiguation).
Galba
Gold aureus of Galba. Legend: imp(erator) ser(vius) galba aug(ustus)
Roman emperor
Reign
8 June 68 – 15 January 69
Predecessor
Nero
Successor
Otho
Born
24 December 3 BC Near Terracina, Italy, Roman Empire
Died
15 January AD 69 (aged 70) Rome, Italy, Roman Empire
Spouse
Aemilia Lepida
Issue
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus (adopted)
Names
Servius Sulpicius Galba Lucius Livius Ocella Sulpicius Galba[1]
Regnal name
Imperator Servius Galba Caesar Augustus[2]
Father
Gaius Sulpicius Galba
Mother
Mummia Achaica Livia Ocellina (adoptive)
Roman imperial dynasties
Year of the Four Emperors
Chronology
Galba
68–69
Otho
69
Vitellius
69
Vespasian
69–79
Succession
Preceded by Julio-Claudian dynasty
Followed by Flavian dynasty
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Galba (/ˈɡælbə/, 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.
Born into a wealthy family, Galba held at various times the positions of praetor, consul, and governor to the provinces of Gallia Aquitania, Germania Superior, and Africa during the first half of the first century AD. He retired from his positions during the latter part of Claudius' reign (with the advent of Agrippina the Younger), but Nero later granted him the governorship of Hispania. Taking advantage of the defeat of Vindex's rebellion and Nero's suicide, he became emperor with the support of the Praetorian Guard.
Galba's physical weakness and general apathy led to his rule being dominated by favorites. Unable to gain popularity with the people or maintain the support of the Praetorian Guard, Galba was murdered on the orders of Otho, who became emperor in his place.
^Fasti Ostienses; AE 1978, 295
^Sometimes "Servius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus" or "Imperator Servius Sulpicius Galba Caesar Augustus". Hammond, Mason (1957). "Imperial Elements in the Formula of the Roman Emperors during the First Two and a Half Centuries of the Empire". Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. 25: 19–64 (24). doi:10.2307/4238646. JSTOR 4238646.
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