id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3568 Galba - Wikipedia .html text/html 4508 544 69 Servius Galba (/ˈɡælbə/; Latin: [ˈsɛru̯iʊs ˈgaɫba]; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69), known as Lucius Livius Ocella Sulpicius Galba[note 1] prior to taking the throne, was a Roman emperor who ruled from 68 AD to 69 AD. Galba became praetor in about 30,[11] then governor of Aquitania for about a year,[13] then consul in 33.[11] In 39 the emperor Caligula learned of a plot against himself in which Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus, the general of the Upper German legions, was an important figure; Caligula installed Galba in the post held by Gaetulicus.[14] According to one report Galba ran alongside Caligula's chariot for twenty miles.[15] As commander of the legions of Upper Germany, Galba gained a reputation as a disciplinarian.[13] Suetonius writes that Galba was advised to take the throne following the assassination of Caligula in 41, but loyally served Caligula's uncle and successor Claudius (r. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3568.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3568.txt