A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

-206 -GALBA. GALBA.'defence against the charge of being bribed by Ju-
gurtha was read by Cicero when yet a boy, and.delighted him so much that he learned it by heart.
At the time of his condemnation he belonged to the
college of pontiffs, and was the first priest that was
ever condemned at Rome by a judiciurn ojublicum.
(Cic. Brut. 26, 33, 34, de Orat. i. 56.)
9. P. (SULPICIUS) GALBA was appointed one of GALBA, SER. SULPI'CIUS, a Roman emthe judices in the case of Verres B. C. 70, but was peror, who reigned from June, A. D. 68 to JaluFeje rette& e eL GCena ls.' hm aa hone st,- ary, A D. 69. He was descended from the family
but severe judge, and says that he was to enter-~ of. the abaem a branch, of the patrician Sulpicia
on some magistracy that same year. He seems Gens, but had-no ceenei swth the family of
to be the same as the Galba who was one of Augustus, which became extinct by the death of
the competitors of Cicero for the consulship. In Nero. He was a son of Sulpicius Galba [GALBA,
B. c. 57- he is mentioned as pontifex, and in 49 as No. 12] and Mummia Achaica, and was born
augur. Whether he is the same as the Galba who in a villa near Terracina, on the 24th of December,
served as legate under Sulla in the war against B, C. 3. Livia Ocellina, a relative of Livia, the
Mitlridates must remain uncertain. (Cic. in Ver: wife,of Augustus, and the second wife of Galba's
i. 7, 10, de Petit. Cons. 2, adiA t. i. 1, ix. 9, deHa- father, adopted young Ser. Sulpicius Galba, who:U'sp. Resp. 6; Ascon. in Cic. in -Tog. cand. p. 82; on this account altered his name into L. Livius
Appian, llithrid. 43.) Ocella, which he bore down to the time of his ele10.: SER. SULPICIUS GALBA, a grandson of No. vation. Both Augustus and Tiberius are said to
6, and great-grandfather of the emperor Galba. have told him, that one day he would be, at the
He was sent by Caesar at the beginning of his head of the Roman world, from which we must
Gallic campaign, in B. C. 58, against the Nantuates, infer that he was a young man of more than ordiVeragri and Seduni, and defeated them; but he, nary talents. His education appears to have been
nevertheless, led his army back into the country of the same as that of other young nobles of the
the. Allobrogians. In B. C. 54 he was praetor ur- time, and we know that he paid some attention ta
banus. In B. C. 49 he was a candidate for the the study of the lawv. He married Lepida, who
consulship; but, to the annoyance of his friend bore him two sons, but both Lepida and her chilJ. Caesar, he was not elected. He was a friend of dren died, and Galba never married again, although
Decimus Brutus and Cicero; and in the war of Agrippina, afterwards the wife of Claudius, did all
Mutina, of which he himself gives an account in a she could to win his attachment. He was a man of
letter to Cicero still extant (ad Fain. x. 30), he great wealth, and a favourite of Livia, the wife of
commanded the legio Martia. (Caes. B. G. iii. 1, Augustus, through whose influence he obtained' the
6, viii. b0; Dion Cass. xxxvii. 48,. xxxix. 5, 65; consulship. She also left him a considerable leCic. ad Fain. vi. 18, xi. 18, Philip. xiii. 16; Val. gacy, of which, however, he was deprived by
Max. vi. 2. ~ 11.) According to Suetonius Tiberius. He was invested with the curule offices
(Galba,.3; comp. Appian, B...0. ii. 113),he was before attaining the legitimate age. After his
one of the conspirators against the life of J. praetorship, in A. D. 20, he had the administraCaesar. tion of the province of Aquitania. In A, D. 33
1 1. SULPICIUS GALBA, a son of No. 10, and he was raised to the consulship on the recommendgrandfather of the emperor Galba, was a man de- ation of Livia Drusilla, and after this he disvoted to literary pursuits, and never rose to a tinguished himself in the administration of the
higher office in the state than the praetorship. He province of Gaul, A. D. 39, where he carried on a
was the author of an historical work which Sueto- successful war against the Germans, and restored
tonius calls multiplex nec incuriosa historia. The discipline~ among the troops. The Germans had
nature of this work is unknown. (Suet. Galb.&3.) invaded Gaul, but after severe losses they were
12. C;. SuLPICIPS GALBA, a son, of No. 1I, and compelled by Galba to return to their own country.
father of. the emperor Galba. He was consul in On the death of Caligula many of his friends urged
A. D. 22, with~ D. Haterius Agrippa. He was him on to take possession of the imperial throne,
humpbacked, and an. orator of moderate power. but he preferred living in a private station, and
He rwas married to -Mummia Achaica,' a great Claudius, the successor of Caligula, felt so grateful
granddaughter of Mummius, the destroyer of Co- to him for this moderation, that he received him
rinth. After her death he married Livia Ocellina, into his suite, and showed him very great kindness
a wealthy and beautiful woman. By his former and attention. In A. D. 45 and 46, Galba was enwife he had two sons, Caius and Servius. The trusted with the administration of the province of
former of them is said by Suetonius (Galb. 3) to Africa, which was at the time disturbed by the
have made away with himself, becanse Tiberius licentiousness of the Roman soldiers and by the
would not allow him to enter on his proconsulship; incursions of the neighbouring barbarians. He
but.as it is not known that he ever was consul, it restored peace, and managed the affairs of the prois more probable that Suetonius is mistaken, and vince with, great strictness and care, and on his
that what he relates of the son Caius applies to his return he was honoured with the ornanzenta tr-ifitther, C. Sulpicius Galba, who, according to umphalia, and with the dignity of three priesthoods;'lacitus (Ann. vi. 40), put an end to himself in he became a member of the college of the QuinA. D. 36. [L. S.] decimviri, of the sodales Titii, and of the Augustales.
To which of the preceding P. Galbae the follow- In the reign of Nero he lived for several years in
ing coin belongs is doubtful. It has on the obverse private retirement, for fear of becoming, like many
a female head, and on the reverse a culter, a sim- others, the victim of the tyrant's suspicion, until, in
puvium, and a secespita, with P. GALB. AED. B. C. 61, Nero gave him Hispania Tarraconensis ai:cut.. his province, where he remained for a period oe