Servius Sulpicius Galba (Pontifex)

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Servius Sulpicius Galba († 199 BC ) came from the Roman patrician family of the Sulpicians and was 209 BC. Curular aedile . He was also a pontiff .

Life

Servius Sulpicius Galba, only mentioned by the Roman historian Titus Livius , was probably a brother of the two-time consul Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus , according to the assumption of the ancient historian Friedrich Münzer . His political career falls in the second half of the Second Punic War , which Rome waged against Hannibal .

209 BC Galba held the curular aedility. 205 BC He was a member of the delegation that was headed by the former consul Marcus Valerius Laevinus and, with the consent of the Pergamene ruler Attalus I, transferred the image of Mater Magna from the city of Pessinus in Asia Minor to Rome . After the death of the important Roman statesman Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (203 BC), Galba took his place in the priestly college of the pontifices. Four years later, 199 BC. BC, even death overtook him.

literature

Remarks

  1. ^ Friedrich Münzer: Sulpicius 56). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 1, Stuttgart 1931, Col. 759.
  2. ↑ Livy 27:21 , 9.
  3. ↑ Livy 29:11 , 3.
  4. ↑ Livy 30, 26, 10.
  5. ↑ Livy 32: 7, 15.
personal data
SURNAME Sulpicius Galba, Servius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Galba, Servius Sulpicius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman aedile 209 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 199 BC Chr.