Servius Sulpicius Galba (consul 108 BC)

Servius Sulpicius Galba was a Roman senator of the patrician family of Sulpicier and 108 BC consul.

Life

Servius Sulpicius Galba was the elder son of the consul of 144 BC After a presumption of Ancient Historian Friedrich Munzer he could be called the BC Urkundszeuge in a Senatskonsult of 112 in the second place, whose name is preserved only in fragments. 111 BC elected praetor, he went to the Iberian Peninsula, where he administered the province of Hispania ulterior. At this point his career resembled that of his father, because this was 151 BC the same province allocated.

Together with Lucius Quintus Hortensius or reached Sulpicius 108 BC the consulate. Since his counterpart but on conviction his post was not allowed to compete, was - perhaps influenced by Sulpicius - Marcus Aurelius Scaurus determined to moving up Suffektkonsul. 100 BC Sulpicius was one of the senators, which take precedence over the defense of the Republic by force against the rebellious tribunes, Lucius Saturninus Appuleius.

Two most likely to Sulpicius relating to inscriptions prove his extensive estates. His family probably belonged extensive gardens south of the Roman Aventine hill, where one of these inscriptions is mounted on a grave monument. The second was found in the located near Tarracina birthplace of his 68 AD the emperor ascended descendants Galba.