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Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba Caesar Augustus; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January 69 AD) was Roman emperor for seven months from 68 to 69. [1]

75 relations: Adoption, Aemilia Lepida, Africa (Roman province), Annals (Tacitus), Augustus, Bar (law), Bellicia gens, Bribery, Caesar (title), Caligula, Calvia Crispinilla, Centurion, Claudius, Cornelius Laco, Courtier, Cursus honorum, Fondi, Freedman, Gaius Julius Vindex, Gaius Octavius Laenas, Gaius Sulpicius Galba (consul 5 BC), Galba (Suessiones), Gaul, Germania, Germania Inferior, Germania Superior, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32), Gordian I, Hispania, Hispania Tarraconensis, Kyphosis, Lacus Curtius, Latin spelling and pronunciation, Legatus, List of Roman consuls, List of Roman emperors, Livia, Livia Ocellina, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus, Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (consul 33), Lucius Mummius Achaicus, Lusitania, Mummia Achaica, Nero, Nymphidius Sabinus, Otho, Pedagogy, Plutarch, Praetor, Praetorian Guard, ..., Prefect, Publius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, Quaestor, Quintus Lutatius Catulus (Capitolinus), Roman consul, Roman emperor, Roman Empire, Roman Gaul, Roman Italy, Roman Senate, Rome, Sempronius Densus, Senatorial province, Servius Sulpicius Galba (praetor), Suetonius, Suicide, Sulpicia (gens), Tacitus, Terracina, Tiberius, Titianus, Titus Vinius, Via Aurelia, Vitellius, Year of the Four Emperors. Expand index (25 more) »

Adoption

Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents, and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parent or parents.

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Aemilia Lepida

Aemilia Lepida is the name of several ancient Roman women belonging to the gens Aemilia.

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Africa (Roman province)

Africa Proconsularis was a Roman province on the north African coast that was established in 146 BC following the defeat of Carthage in the Third Punic War.

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Annals (Tacitus)

The Annals (Annales) by Roman historian and senator Tacitus is a history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius to that of Nero, the years AD 14–68.

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Augustus

Augustus (Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was a Roman statesman and military leader who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.

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Bar (law)

In law, the bar is the legal profession as an institution.

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Bellicia gens

The gens Bellicia, also spelled Vellicia and Bellica, was an aristocratic plebeian family at ancient Rome, which flourished during the first and second centuries.

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Bribery

Bribery is the act of giving or receiving something of value in exchange for some kind of influence or action in return, that the recipient would otherwise not alter.

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Caesar (title)

Caesar (English Caesars; Latin Caesares) is a title of imperial character.

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Caligula

Caligula (Latin: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 31 August 12 – 24 January 41 AD) was Roman emperor from AD 37 to AD 41.

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Calvia Crispinilla

Calvia Crispinilla (fl. c. 54) was a Roman Imperial courtier.

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Centurion

A centurion (centurio; κεντυρίων, kentyríōn, or ἑκατόνταρχος, hekatóntarkhos) was a professional officer of the Roman army after the Marian reforms of 107 BC.

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Claudius

Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October 54 AD) was Roman emperor from 41 to 54.

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Cornelius Laco

Cornelius Laco (died 69) was a prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard, known as the Praetorian Guard, under Emperor Galba from 68 until his death on 15 January of AD 69.

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Courtier

A courtier is a person who is often in attendance at the court of a monarch or other royal personage.

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Cursus honorum

The cursus honorum (Latin: "course of offices") was the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in both the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire.

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Fondi

Fondi (Fundi) is a city and comune in the province of Latina, Lazio, central Italy, halfway between Rome and Naples.

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Freedman

A freedman or freedwoman is a former slave who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means.

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Gaius Julius Vindex

Gaius Julius Vindex (born ca. AD 25; died AD 68), of a noble Gaulish family of Aquitania given senatorial status under Claudius, was a Roman governor in the province of Gallia Lugdunensis.

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Gaius Octavius Laenas

Gaius Octavius Laenas was a Roman senator, who was active during the Principate.

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Gaius Sulpicius Galba (consul 5 BC)

Gaius Sulpicius Galba was an Ancient Roman politician who served as Suffect consul in 5 BC.

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Galba (Suessiones)

Galba (fl. mid-1st century BC) was a king (rex) of the Suessiones, a Celtic polity of Belgic Gaul, during the Gallic Wars.

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Gaul

Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age that was inhabited by Celtic tribes, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine.

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Germania

"Germania" was the Roman term for the geographical region in north-central Europe inhabited mainly by Germanic peoples.

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Germania Inferior

Germania Inferior ("Lower Germany") was a Roman province located on the west bank of the Rhine.

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Germania Superior

Germania Superior ("Upper Germania") was an imperial province of the Roman Empire.

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Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32)

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (11 December (? ca. 2 BC) – January 41 AD) was a close relative of the five Roman Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

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Gordian I

Gordian I (Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus Augustus; c. 159 AD – 12 April 238 AD) was Roman Emperor for 21 days with his son Gordian II in 238, the Year of the Six Emperors.

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Hispania

Hispania was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula.

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Hispania Tarraconensis

Hispania Tarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania.

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Kyphosis

Kyphosis (from Greek κυφός kyphos, a hump) is an abnormally excessive convex kyphotic curvature of the spine as it occurs in the cervical, thoracic and sacral regions.

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Lacus Curtius

The Lacus Curtius ("Lake of Curtius"), Livius.org was a mysterious pit or pool in the ground in the Forum Romanum.

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Latin spelling and pronunciation

Latin spelling, or Latin orthography, is the spelling of Latin words written in the scripts of all historical phases of Latin from Old Latin to the present.

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Legatus

A legatus (anglicized as legate) was a high ranking Roman military officer in the Roman Army, equivalent to a modern high ranking general officer.

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List of Roman consuls

This is a list of consuls known to have held office, from the beginning of the Roman Republic to the latest use of the title in Imperial times, together with those magistrates of the Republic who were appointed in place of consuls, or who superseded consular authority for a limited period.

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List of Roman emperors

The Roman Emperors were rulers of the Roman Empire, wielding power over its citizens and military.

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Livia

Livia Drusilla (Classical Latin: Livia•Drvsilla, Livia•Avgvsta) (30 January 58 BC – 28 September 29 AD), also known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in AD 14, was the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus throughout his reign, as well as his adviser.

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Livia Ocellina

Livia Ocellina was the second wife of the Roman Emperor Galba's father.

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Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus (38 - 15 January 69) was a Roman nobleman who lived in the 1st century.

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Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (consul 33)

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix was a Roman senator of the First Century AD.

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Lucius Mummius Achaicus

Lucius Mummius (2nd century BC), was a Roman statesman and general.

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Lusitania

Lusitania (Lusitânia; Lusitania) or Hispania Lusitana was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where most of modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and part of western Spain (the present autonomous community of Extremadura and a part of the province of Salamanca) lie.

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Mummia Achaica

Mummia Achaica was the mother of the Roman Emperor Galba and his elder brother Gaius.

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Nero

Nero (Latin: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 15 December 37 – 9 June 68 AD) was the last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

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Nymphidius Sabinus

Gaius Nymphidius Sabinus (c. 35–68) was a Prefect of the Praetorian Guard during the rule of Emperor Nero from 65 until his death in 68.

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Otho

Otho (Marcus Salvius Otho Caesar Augustus; 28 April 32 – 16 April 69 AD) was Roman emperor for three months, from 15 January to 16 April 69.

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Pedagogy

Pedagogy is the discipline that deals with the theory and practice of teaching and how these influence student learning.

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Plutarch

Plutarch (Πλούταρχος, Ploútarkhos,; c. CE 46 – CE 120), later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος) was a Greek biographer and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia.

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Praetor

Praetor (also spelled prætor) was a title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army (in the field or, less often, before the army had been mustered); or, an elected magistratus (magistrate), assigned various duties (which varied at different periods in Rome's history).

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Praetorian Guard

The Praetorian Guard (Latin: cohortes praetorianae) was an elite unit of the Imperial Roman army whose members served as personal bodyguards to the Roman emperors.

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Prefect

Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, substantive adjectival form of praeficere: "put in front", i.e., in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but which, basically, refers to the leader of an administrative area.

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Publius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus

Publius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus was a Roman senator active during the Principate.

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Quaestor

A quaestor (investigator) was a public official in Ancient Rome.

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Quintus Lutatius Catulus (Capitolinus)

Quintus Lutatius Catulus (c. 120–61 BC), sometimes called "Capitolinus", was a politician in the late Roman Republic.

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Roman consul

A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic (509 to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the highest level of the cursus honorum (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspired).

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Roman emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period (starting in 27 BC).

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Roman Gaul

Roman Gaul refers to Gaul under provincial rule in the Roman Empire from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD.

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Roman Italy

"Italia" was the name of the Italian Peninsula during the Roman era.

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Roman Senate

The Roman Senate (Senatus Romanus; Senato Romano) was a political institution in ancient Rome.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Sempronius Densus

Sempronius Densus was a centurion in the Praetorian Guard in the 1st century.

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Senatorial province

A senatorial province (provincia populi Romani, province of the Roman people) was a Roman province during the Principate where the Roman Senate had the right to appoint the governor (proconsul).

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Servius Sulpicius Galba (praetor)

Servius Sulpicius Galba, praetor in 54 BC.

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Suetonius

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius (c. 69 – after 122 AD), was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire.

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Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.

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Sulpicia (gens)

The gens Sulpicia was one of the most ancient patrician families at Rome, and produced a succession of distinguished men, from the foundation of the Republic to the imperial period.

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Tacitus

Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (–) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire.

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Terracina

Terracina is a city and comune of the province of Latina - (until 1934 of the province of Rome), Italy, southeast of Rome by rail and by the Via Appia by car.

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Tiberius

Tiberius (Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti filius Augustus; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD) was Roman emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD, succeeding the first emperor, Augustus.

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Titianus

Lucius Salvius Otho Titianus was the elder brother of the Roman Emperor Otho (reigned 69).

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Titus Vinius

Titus Vinius (12–69) was a Roman general who was one of the most powerful men in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Galba.

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Via Aurelia

The Via Aurelia (Latin for "Aurelian Way") was a Roman road in Italy constructed in approximately 241 BC.

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Vitellius

Vitellius (Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Augustus; 24 September 15 – 22 December 69 AD) was Roman Emperor for eight months, from 16 April to 22 December AD 69.

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Year of the Four Emperors

The Year of the Four Emperors, 69 AD, was a year in the history of the Roman Empire in which four emperors ruled in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galba

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