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Galba (cognomen)

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Galba is an ancient Roman cognomen borne by a branch of the patrician gens Sulpicia.

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The name is sometimes thought to be Celtic in origin, from a root related to Old Irish golb, "paunchy, fat." Suetonius offers four possible derivations, including the Gaulish galba meaning "fat."

Republican Rome

  • Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, consul and dictator of the 3rd century BC, who fought against Hannibal
  • Servius Sulpicius Galba (consul 144 BC), soldier, politician and orator of the 2nd century BC who served as consul in 144 BC
  • Servius Sulpicius Galba (consul 108 BC), soldier, politician and orator of the 2nd century BC who served as consul in 108 BC
  • Servius Sulpicius Galba (praetor 54 BC), politician and military officer of the 1st century BC

    • Imperial era

  • Galba, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman Emperor AD 68–69

    • Celts

  • Galba, a king of the Suessiones of Belgic Gaul in the 1st century BC

    • References

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