Galba (disambiguation)
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Galba may refer to:
Galba may refer to:
Galba may refer to:
- several ancient Romans; see Galba (cognomen)Galba (cognomen)Galba is an ancient Roman cognomen borne by a branch of the patrician gens Sulpicia.The name is sometimes thought to be Celtic in origin, from a root related to Old Irish golb, "paunchy, fat." Suetonius offers four possible derivations, including the Gaulish galba meaning "fat."-Republican...
; especially: - GalbaGalbaGalba , was Roman Emperor for seven months from 68 to 69. Galba was the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, and made a bid for the throne during the rebellion of Julius Vindex...
, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman Emperor AD 68-69 - Martí Joan de GalbaMartí Joan de GalbaMartí Joan de Galba was co-author of the famous Valencian epic Tirant lo Blanc, which he helped finish during and after the death of his friend, the main author of the work, Joanot Martorell. David H...
, 15th century Catalan writer - Galba (gastropod), scientific name for genus of freshwater gastropods in family Lymnaeidae. Most known is Galba truncatulaGalba truncatulaGalba truncatula is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Until recently, this species was commonly known as Lymnaea truncatula.-Description:...
Galba may refer to:
- several ancient Romans; see Galba (cognomen)Galba (cognomen)Galba is an ancient Roman cognomen borne by a branch of the patrician gens Sulpicia.The name is sometimes thought to be Celtic in origin, from a root related to Old Irish golb, "paunchy, fat." Suetonius offers four possible derivations, including the Gaulish galba meaning "fat."-Republican...
; especially: - GalbaGalbaGalba , was Roman Emperor for seven months from 68 to 69. Galba was the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, and made a bid for the throne during the rebellion of Julius Vindex...
, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman Emperor AD 68-69 - Martí Joan de GalbaMartí Joan de GalbaMartí Joan de Galba was co-author of the famous Valencian epic Tirant lo Blanc, which he helped finish during and after the death of his friend, the main author of the work, Joanot Martorell. David H...
, 15th century Catalan writer - Galba (gastropod), scientific name for genus of freshwater gastropods in family Lymnaeidae. Most known is Galba truncatulaGalba truncatulaGalba truncatula is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Until recently, this species was commonly known as Lymnaea truncatula.-Description:...
Galba may refer to:
- several ancient Romans; see Galba (cognomen)Galba (cognomen)Galba is an ancient Roman cognomen borne by a branch of the patrician gens Sulpicia.The name is sometimes thought to be Celtic in origin, from a root related to Old Irish golb, "paunchy, fat." Suetonius offers four possible derivations, including the Gaulish galba meaning "fat."-Republican...
; especially: - GalbaGalbaGalba , was Roman Emperor for seven months from 68 to 69. Galba was the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, and made a bid for the throne during the rebellion of Julius Vindex...
, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman Emperor AD 68-69 - Martí Joan de GalbaMartí Joan de GalbaMartí Joan de Galba was co-author of the famous Valencian epic Tirant lo Blanc, which he helped finish during and after the death of his friend, the main author of the work, Joanot Martorell. David H...
, 15th century Catalan writer - Galba (gastropod), scientific name for genus of freshwater gastropods in family Lymnaeidae. Most known is Galba truncatulaGalba truncatulaGalba truncatula is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Until recently, this species was commonly known as Lymnaea truncatula.-Description:...
- Spialia galbaSpialia galbaSpialia galba, commonly known as the Indian Skipper or the Indian Grizzled Skipper, is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.-Distribution and status:...
, a species of butterfly