Servius Sulpicius Galba (Consul 108 BC)

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Servius Sulpicius Galba was a Roman senator from the patrician family of the Sulpicians and 108 BC. Chr. Consul .

Life

Servius Sulpicius Galba was the older son of the consul of the same name from 144 BC. According to a presumption of the ancient historian Friedrich Münzer , he could be the one in a senate consultation from 112 BC. Chr. In second place named documentary witness, whose name is only partially preserved. 111 BC Chr. To Praetor elected, he went to the Iberian Peninsula , where he province of Hispania Ulterior under management. In this point his career was similar to that of his father, since 151 BC. The same province had been assigned.

Together with a Lucius or Quintus Hortensius, Sulpicius reached 108 BC. The consulate. Since his counterpart was not allowed to take up his post due to a conviction, Marcus Aurelius Scaurus was appointed as the succeeding suffect consul - perhaps influenced by Sulpicius . 100 BC Sulpicius was one of the senators who used force to defend the republic against the rebellious tribune of the people, Lucius Appuleius Saturninus .

Two inscriptions, most likely to be related to Sulpicius, attest to his extensive property. His family probably owned extensive gardens south of the Roman hill Aventine , where one of these inscriptions is placed on a funerary monument. The second was found in the house where his descendant Galba, who had become emperor in 68 AD , was born near Tarracina .

literature

Remarks

  1. ^ Wilhelm Dittenberger , Sylloge inscriptionum Graecarum , 3rd edition, 705, I 5; on this Friedrich Münzer: Sulpicius 59). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 1, Stuttgart 1931, Col. 767.
  2. ^ Appian , Iberica 99.
  3. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ; CIL 10, 3776 ; Obsequens 40; among others
  4. ^ Cicero , Pro C. Rabirio perduellionis reo 21.
  5. ↑ CIL 6, 31617 .
  6. ↑ CIL 10,6323 .
personal data
SURNAME Sulpicius Galba, Servius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Galba, Servius Sulpicius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 108 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century BC Chr.