Galba (3 BC-69 AD), Roman emperor. Galba, the sixth emperor of the Roman Empire, reigned during the Year of the Four Emperors for seven months from Ju
Galba (3 BC-69 AD), Roman emperor. Galba, the sixth emperor of the Roman Empire, reigned during the Year of the Four Emperors for seven months from June 68 AD to his assassination in January 69 AD. This artwork is from a 1691 Dutch edition of a collection of works by the Roman historian Suetonius, best known for his 121 AD work 'De Vita Caesarum' (On the Life of the Caesars, or 'The Twelve Caesars'). The Latin text at bottom describes the emperor and names the engraver of this artwork as Joannes Schildius. The editor of the book was the German philologist Johannes G. Graevius (1622-1703).
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