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Galba

Galba, Roman emperor. This site has 3 entries dated between 3 BC and AD 69 involving Galba, listed in chronological order with the Roman date and calendar of each.

  1. December 24 · a.d. IX Kal. Ian. · Julian date · ≈ Dec 22 on our calendar
    Birth of Galba (3 BC)
  2. January 1 · Kal. Ian. · Julian date · ≈ Dec 30 on our calendar
    Rhine legions refuse their oath to Galba (AD 69)
  3. January 15 · a.d. XVIII Kal. Feb. · Julian date · ≈ Jan 13 on our calendar
    Murder of Galba (AD 69)
LATIN LINE OF THE DAY

Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura quae legis hic.

“Some are good, some middling, more are bad, of what you read here.”

Martial, Epigrams 1.16 · translation ours (literal)