- AD2 (ish) Adopted by stepmother, Livia Ocellina; takes name Lucius Livius Ocella Sulpicius Galba. [Suet. Galba IV.1]
- AD7 (ish) When still a boy he called upon Augustus to pay his respects with others of his age, and the aged emperor pinched his cheek and said in Greek; "Thou too, child, will have a nibble at this power of mine." [Suet. Galba IV.1]
- ? Galba marries wife, Aemilia Lepida (2 sons, names unknown)
- c. AD40 Commanded Caligula's armies in Upper Germany
- AD50's Favourite of Claudius but disliked by Agrippina
- AD49 retired from public service
- AD59 made governor of Hispania Tarraconensis after death of Agrippina
- AD68 (Mar.) Julius Vindex, governor of Gallia Lugdunensis, rebels against Nero
- AD68 (Apr.) Galba proclaimed emperor at Carthago Nova
- AD68 (May) Vindex defeated by Rhine legions at Vesontio; Rhine legions commander Verginius Rufus refuses emperorship
- AD68 (Jun.) Nero commits Suicide; Galba recognised by senate
- AD68 (Oct.) Galba arrives at Rome
- AD68 (Dec.) Vitellius made commander in Lower Germany by senate
- 01/01/AD69 Rhine legions refuse to renew allegiance to Galba
- 02/01/AD69 Vitellius proclaimed emperor by Rhine legions
- 10/01/AD69 Galba adopts L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus
- 15/01/AD69 (morning) Otho proclaimed emperor by praetorian guard; Galba murdered in Forum by Camurius, a soldier of legio XV; Piso dragged from temple of Vesta and killed
- 14/03/AD69 Otho leaves Rome and makes north
- AD69 (late Mar.) Caecina mounts abortive assault on Placentia
- AD69 (early Apr.) Valens joins Caecina in camp at Cremona
- 12/04/AD69 Otho holds war council at Bedriacum
- 14/04/AD69 Otho's army defeated by Vitellius in 1st battle of Cremona
- 16/04/AD69 Otho commits suicide at Brixellum to spare Italy the ravages of a civil war
- AD69 (Apr.) Vitellius recognised by senate
- AD69 (Jun.) Vitellian forces advance on Rome
- 01/07/AD69 Vespasian proclaimed emperor at Alexandria
- 17/07/AD69 Vitellius enters Rome
- 24/10/AD69 Vitellius' legions defeated by Vespasian in 2nd battle of Cremona
- 17/12/AD69 Vitellius' army went over to Vespasian without a fight at Narnia; Ti. Flavius Sabinus attempts overthrow of Vitellius in Rome, takes refuge in Capitol
- 18/12/AD69 Capitol buildings burned; Sabinus and supporters captured and executed, Domitianus escapes dressed as a priest of Isis.
- 20/12/AD69 Flavian army enters Rome; Vitellius murdered in Forum
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