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Vindex was murdered, he didn't commit suicide.

Link to Wikiquote is useless. Wikiquote doesn't have any Galba's sentences.

Why isn't Tacitus used as a source? after all he was writing contemporaneously.

I believe Wikiquote is added automatically. Also, Tacitus was contemporaneous to Galba's reign? I didn't know he started writing his histories when he was 12 years old. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.146.101.135 (talk) 16:13, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Age at death

Age was previously listed as 72, but since he died in January but was born in December that means it was 71. But the other issue is, there were no year "0", so ordinary math doesn't apply: things went from 1 BC to 1 AD. Thus he died at age 70 by my reckoning. I am open to correction if I've got something wrong! Clippership (talk) 07:05, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

According to Suetonius Galba died in his 73rd year, so 72 was correct: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0132%3Alife%3Dgal.%3Achapter%3D23 84.167.86.191 (talk) 19:27, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of the nose? Really? 71.187.217.155 (talk) 06:21, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Only individual to prefer adult men

The problem with this isn't the fact, which is accurate, but the wording, as it could be taken to mean that no other homosexual man was ever mentioned in antiquity. There are tons of references to gay men in classical history, but Galba is the only named historical person - others are either not named or their identities are hidden under pseudonyms. Every classical writer I am familiar with also created homosexual characters that are shown to be interested only in adult men - some may have been fictional but Juvenal's grooms are thought by some to be a satirical description of real persons. --NellieBly (talk) 10:07, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification. Contaldo80 (talk) 15:01, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong coin

The coin was not minted under Galba, but Vespasian. It shows Vespasian's portrait and the Greek legend actually mentiones Vespasian's name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.5.187.42 (talk) 11:06, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The ancestry of Galba

This has me puzzled. This article (& the article on the gens Sulpicii) asserts that the emperor Galba's father (C. Sulpicius Galba) was the consul of AD 22, although admitting the existence of an older brother (also a C. Sulpicius Galba), denies that he was consul. However, Suetonius ("Galba" 3) appears to state Galba's brother was the consul of AD 22 & his father the consul of 5 BC. This interpretation is supported by Gwyn Morgan, 69 A.D.: the year of Four Emperors (pp. 31f), & the German Wikipedia (which cites an article from Der Neue Pauly). Neither Tacitus nor Plutarch offer any information about his parentage. Does this article draw on some alternative interpretation of Suetonius that is accepted by a reliable source? Or is it due to understandable confusion between identically named men? -- llywrch (talk) 06:26, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Section on Mutiny on the frontier and assassination

This section seems rather long, and there are copious amount of grammar errors and spelling mistakes. Much of the information is not needed. What is the purpose of so much information; it seems rather out of place and you could condense it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hipooooo1 (talk • contribs) 15:04, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Age at death must be wrong

Article gives 3 BC as year of birth and 69 AD as year of death age 70. This arithmetic makes no sense somebody fix it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.192.8.142 (talk) 20:25, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is correct, because there was no Year 0. Favonian (talk) 20:32, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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Selected over

What does being selected over by favourites mean? Poorly written 213.107.84.165 (talk) 20:13, 30 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Extended quotes

I'm wondering if we need so much from Suetonius here. A lot of it could be summarized but I don't want to do too much on my own initiative. Anyone have thoughts? Rufus the Unqualified (talk) 16:48, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]