Galba (cognomen)
Galba was a Roman cognomen in the Sulpicii family ( gens ) . The origin of the name was in the ancient times controversial: Suetonius leads a derivative of galbanum ( galbanum ) , of galbeum ( "armband"), the Gallic name galba for a fat man or a galba called small worm on.
Well-known namesake were:
- Galba , Roman emperor 68-69 AD
- Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus , Consul 211 BC Chr.
- Servius Sulpicius Galba (Pontifex)
- Servius Sulpicius Galba (Praetor 187 BC)
- Servius Sulpicius Galba (Consul 144 BC)
- Servius Sulpicius Galba (consul 108 BC) , son of the previous one
- Servius Sulpicius Galba (Praetor 54 BC)
- Gaius Sulpicius Galba (suffect consul 5 BC) , father of the emperor
- Gaius Sulpicius Galba (consul 22) , brother of the emperor.