Galba
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Servius Sulpicius Galba was a Roman emperor, ruling for 7 months from 8 June AD 68 to 15 January 69. He was the first emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors and assumed the throne following Emperor
Gold aureus of Galba. Legend: imp(erator) ser(vius) galba aug(ustus)
Damaged head of a crowned emperor in the J. Paul Getty Museum, most likely Galba.
Ancient Roman statue of an emperor, heavily "restored" by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi as a portrait of emperor Galba. Exhibited in the "Sala Rotonda" (Round Hall) in the Museo Pio-Clementino (Vatican Museums).
Bust in the Nationalmuseum of Sweden labelled as Galba. Most likely a late Republican portrait.
Julio-Claudian dynasty
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The Julio-Claudian dynasty comprised the first five Roman emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero.
Galba
…the Praetorian Guard, Galba was murdered on the orders of Otho, who became emperor in his place. Galba was not related to any of the emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, but he was a member of a distinguished noble family. The origin of the cognomen Galba is uncertain. Suetonius offers a number of possible explanations…
Statue Augustus 2
Caligula.Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Claudius crop
Nero Glyptothek Munich 321