Galba

Lived from 3 BCE to 69 CE

Servius Galba was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 68 to 69. He was the first emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors and assumed the position following emperor Nero's suicide. Prior to becoming emperor, he was named Lucius Livius Ocella Sulpicius Galba.

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Lived from 3 BCE to 69 CE

Servius Galba was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 68 to 69. He was the first emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors and assumed the position following emperor Nero's suicide. Prior to becoming emperor, he was named Lucius Livius Ocella Sulpicius Galba.

Born into a wealthy family, Galba held at various times the positions of praetor, consul, and governor to the provinces of Aquitania, Upper Germany, 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.

 

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