Servius Sulpicius Galba (praetor 54 BC)
Servius Sulpicius Galba, praetor in 54 BC.
As legate of Julius Caesar's 12th Legion during his Gallic Wars, he was defeated by the Nantuates in 57 BC.[1] Later, however, angered due to Caesar's opposition to his campaign for the consulship, he joined the conspiracy with Brutus and Cassius, and was consequently condemned to death by the Pedian law. He was the great grandfather of the Roman Emperor of the same name.[2]
Assassin
Servius Galba, a legate from the Gallic wars who had a dispute with Caesar over a debt, also felt his friendship with Caesar cost him the consular election in 49 B.C. [3]. In 45 B.C. Galba complained that the Senators were not given their proper respect [4]. According to Suetonius, Caesar had an affair with Galba’s wife, which caused more anger [5].
See also
References
- ^ Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 3.5 Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ^ Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (2008-12-13). "The Life of Galba, 3.2". The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ^ http://www.jstor.org/stable/41540686
- ^ http://www.jstor.org/stable/311200
- ^ Suetonius, and Robert Graves. The Twelve Caesars. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1957. Print PAGE 31
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