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Galba
Short Biography
about the life of Galba
Short Biography profile and facts about one of the most famous Romans of all, in the life of
Galba, Emperor of Rome and provinces of the Roman Empire.
Name commonly known as: Galba
Latin Roman Name: Servius
Sulpicius Galba
Reigned as Roman
Emperor / Caesar: 8 June 68 – 15
January 69
Dynasty /
Historical Period: Year of the four
emperors
Place and Date of Birth: 24
December 3 BC near Terracina
Name of previous Emperor: His predecessor or the Emperor before Galba was
Nero who
committed suicide ***
Date succeeded as Emperor of
Rome and circumstances of rule: 8 June 68. Nero had ordered the
death of Galba. Galba, who was governor of Hispania Tarraconensis,
rebelled against Nero who was
declared a public enemy by the
senate and committed suicide. On the
same day, Galba was recognized as
emperor.
Family connections / Genealogy
*** Name of Father: C. Sulpicius
Galba
*** Name of Mother: Mummia
Achaica
*** Married:
*** *** Poppea Sabina
*** *** Domitilla the Younger
*** *** Caenis
*** *** Agrippina the Younger
*** Children: None
Place and Date of Death:
15 January 69 (age 70) in Rome. Otho led a conspiracy among the
praetorians with the promise of a material reward, and on 15 January
69 they declared Otho emperor and publicly killed Galba
***
Name of next Emperor:
The successor to Galba was Otho
The Year of the Four Emperors 68 - 69 AD
The Year of the Four
Emperors 68 - 69 AD and the beginning of the Flavian
Dynasty. Following the suicide of Nero there was a brief
period of civil war in Rome which resulted in the Year of
the Four Emperors which saw the successive rise and fall of
Galba, Otho and Vitellius until the final accession of
Vespasian who became the first ruler of the Flavian Dynasty.
On the death of Nero, Servius Sulpicius Galba, already
chosen emperor by the Praetorians and the Senate, was
murdered in the Forum in January, A.D. 69. Galba was succeeded
by Salvius Otho, the infamous friend of Nero, and the
husband of Poppaea Sabina. The legions on the Rhine,
however, proclaimed their own commander, Vitellius, emperor
and Otho, his forces being defeated in a battle near
Bedriacum between Verona and Cremona, killed himself.
Vitellius, the new emperor, was remarkable for his gluttony
and his coarse vices. He neglected every duty of his office,
and soon became universally contemptible. Vespasian, the
distinguished general, who had been fighting successfully
against the Jews in Palestine, was proclaimed emperor by the
governor of Egypt.
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