Senilis Sulpicius Galba, a Roman emperor, born near Terracina, Dec. 24, 3 B. C, died Jan. 15, A. D. 69. As he inherited great wealth and possessed great talents, it was predicted both by Augustus and Tiberius that he would become the head of the Roman world. He attained the praetorship in A. D. 20, and the consulship in 33, carried on a war in Gaul in 39 against the Germans, was intrusted with the administration of Africa in 45, lived in retirement for several years under Nero, but in 01 was invested with the government of Hispania Tarraconensis. He was faithful to the emperor till in 68 Vindex rebelled in Gaul, and his own assassination was plotted by Nero. He then took the title of legate of the Roman senate and people, marched toward Rome, and on the death of Nero received the imperial dignity from the senate. He offended the praetorian guard by refusing the donative which bad been promised in his name, and completed his ruin by adopting Piso, a noble young Roman, for bis successor. Otho, who bad hoped for the adoption, formed a conspiracy among the soldiers, and Galba was murdered in the forum seven months after the beginning of his reign.