Galba (disambiguation)

Galba is an ancient Roman cognomen borne by a branch of the patrician "gens" Sulpicia. Suetonius gives a list of its possible derivations [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Galba*.html#3 here] . Members of the family include:

*Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman Emperor AD 68-69
*Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, consul and dictator of the 3rd century BC, who fought against Hannibal
*Servius Sulpicius Galba, soldier, politician and orator of the 2nd century BC who served as consul in 144 BC
*Servius Sulpicius Galba, soldier, politician and orator of the 2nd century BC who served as consul in 108 BC
*Servius Sulpicius Galba, politician and military officer of the 1st century BC

Other people bearing the name Galba include:

*Galba, king of the Suessiones of Belgic Gaul in the 1st century BC
*Martí Joan de Galba, 15th century Catalan writer

In biology:generic name:
* "Galba" (genus), scientific name for genus of freshwater gastropods in family Lymnaeidae. Most known is "Galba truncatula".

specific name:
* "Blabia galba" Martins & Galileo, 1995
* "Fridericia galba" (Hoffmeister, 1843)
* "Haminoea galba" W. H. Pease, 1861
* "Lachides galba" (Lederer, 1855)
*"Spialia galba", a species of butterfly