Galba


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Gal·ba

(găl′bə, gôl′-), Servius Sulpicius 3 bc-ad 69.
Emperor of Rome (68-69) who was assassinated after naming an unpopular successor.
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Galba

(ˈɡælbə)
n
(Biography) Servius Sulpicius (ˈsɜːvɪəs sʌlˈpɪʃəs). ?3 bc–69 ad, Roman emperor (68–69) after the assassination of Nero
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Gal•ba

(ˈgæl bə)

n.
Servius Sulpicius, 5? B.C. – A.D. 69, Roman emperor A.D. 68–69.
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Galba with a sentence; Feri, si ex re sit populi Romani; holding forth his neck.
los ediles curules (39) imponian multas a los frumentarii o especuladores, que despues veremos reciben el nombre de dardanarii, en un proceso apudpopulum en el que intervienen con elpoder coercitivo los ediles ediles Claudio Pulchery Servio Sulpicio Galba, esa misma coercitio ediicia se aprecia en el siguiente fragmento en relacion al edil Quinto Fulvio Flaco que tambien impone a un acaparador de grano Liv.
Confusions had been made on adult Galba truncatula, which was mistaken as preadult Lymnaea palustris or Lymnaea fuscus.
Molluscicidal effect of the EO Cymbopogon winterianus against Biomphalaria glabrata (RODRIGUES et al., 2013) and the hexane and ethyl acetate extracts from the aerial parts of Atriplex inflata against Galba truncatula (HAMED et al., 2015) have also been described.
Built through featuring old construction in a modern era, the temple comprises of a ship port and a Roman gate that was built during the ruling of the Roman Emperor 'Galba' year 69.
The Roman historian Tacitus wrote of the Emperor Galba (someone we never remember today) "OMNIUM CONSENSU CAPAX IMPERII, NISI IMPERASSET", which roughly translated says "Everyone thought he would be a good ruler if only he hadn't actually done it".
The members of the delegation sent to bring the Magna Mater back from Pergamum were Marcus Valerius Laevinus, Marcus Caecilius Metellus, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Gnaeus Tremelius Flaccus, and Marcus Valerius Falto, who all held public office during their lifetimes; each may be found in Broughton 1951.
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