Galba

Servius Sulpicius Galba (;born Servius Sulpicius Galba. In Classical Latin, Galba's name would be written as SERVIVS SVLPICIVS GALBA AVGVSTVS ; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January 69 CE) was a Roman Emperor for seven months from 68 to 69 CE. Galba was a governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, which was the province near the Pyrenees. He was the first emperor of Year of the Four Emperors.

He was born near Terracina, "On the left as you travel towards Fundi" in the words of Suetonius. Galba was adopted by Livia Ocellina and took her family name until becoming emperor.Suetonius. The lives of the twelve Caesars. 

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Category:1st-century Roman emperors
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