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Galba

American  
[gal-buh] / ˈgæl bə /

noun

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


Galba British  
/ 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.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2019

In other classes, they act out Spain's history, impersonating the Roman Consul Galba, El Cid or Columbus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tu, centurio, miles, quid de imperatore Paulo senatus decreverit potius quam quid Sergio Galba fabuletur audi, et hoc dicere me potius quam illum audi; ille nihil præterquam loqui, et id ipsum maledice et maligne didicit.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

The four citizens, Horatius, Galba, Marius, and Hortensius, approach the prone form of Cornelia.

From Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems by Gilmore, Marion Forster