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Galba

[gal-buh]

noun

  1. Servius Sulpicius 5? b.c.–a.d. 69, Roman emperor a.d. 68–69.



Galba

/ ˈɡælbə /

noun

  1. Servius Sulpicius (ˈsɜːvɪəs sʌlˈpɪʃəs). ?3 bc –69 ad , Roman emperor (68–69) after the assassination of Nero

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They used DNA to correctly identify both snails, Galba cubensis and Galba humilis, and the flatworm.

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Galba Fuqua died in the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.

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So thought Galba, who lasted six months before one of his noblemen murdered him and took the crown.

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The Hyperia galba, above, is a small crustacean with very sharp legs and huge eyes that lives inside jellyfish and feeds on their eggs.

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Predictably enough, the "respectable elements" were those who welcomed the new regime of austerity and cost-cutting under the in-coming emperor Galba.

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