Galba (disambiguation)
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Galba is an ancient Roman cognomen borne by a branch of the patrician gens Sulpicia. Suetonius gives a list of its possible derivations here. Members of the family include:
- Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman Emperor AD 68-69
- Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, consul and dictator of the 3rd century BC, who fought against Hannibal
- Servius Sulpicius Galba, soldier, politician and orator of the 2nd century BC who served as consul in 144 BC
- Servius Sulpicius Galba, soldier, politician and orator of the 2nd century BC who served as consul in 108 BC
- Servius Sulpicius Galba, politician and military officer of the 1st century BC
Other people bearing the name Galba include:
- Galba, king of the Suessiones of Belgic Gaul in the 1st century BC
- Martí Joan de Galba, 15th century Catalan writer
In biology: generic name:
- Galba (genus), scientific name for genus of freshwater gastropods in family Lymnaeidae. Most known is Galba truncatula.
- Blabia galba Martins & Galileo, 1995
- Fridericia galba (Hoffmeister, 1843)
- Haminoea galba W. H. Pease, 1861
- Lachides galba (Lederer, 1855)
- Spialia galba, a species of butterfly
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