Galba was no golden boy with artistic leanings, but a self-consciously old-fashioned senior citizen, with the kind of physical disfigurements (including a particularly unsightly hernia which required ...

The story of Rome’s Emperors in the first century AD has got it all – love, murder and revenge, fear and greed, envy and pride. Their history is a rollercoaster that lurches from peace and ...

Servius Sulpicius Galba served as emperor of Rome for less than seven months. On January 15, 69 AD he was assassinated by his guards.

If Galba was reigning then, since he was reigning in the Year of Four Emperors, his own successor--Otho--lasted only a short time as well, just 3 months (from January 15 to April 16, A.D. 69).

After Titian Set of 6 Works: Six Roman Emperors: Julius Caesar, Vitellius, Tiberius, Caligula, Vespasian and Galba SAVE ARTWORK FOLLOW ARTIST OVERVIEW SIMILAR LOTS (482) LOT PERFORMANCE Sell Similar ...

Originally titled 'De vita Caesarum', the book is a set of twelve biographies of the first emperors of the Roman Empire: Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho ...

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View A SET OF SIX PORTRAITS OF EMPERORS: JULIUS CAESAR (100 - 44 BC); TIBERIUS (14-37 A.D.); CALIGULA (37-41 A.D.); GALBA (68-69 A.D.); VITELLIUS (69 A.D.); VESPASIAN (69-79 A.D.) After Titian; oil on ...

Without a son of his own, he needed an heir. Caesar quickly adopted his great nephew, Augustus. He also moved fast to strengthen the northern borders of the empire and tackle its enemies in the east.