{"id":283088,"date":"2025-05-29T07:02:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/?p=283088"},"modified":"2025-05-29T07:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:03:42","slug":"bringing-in-the-stern-general-who-defied-the-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%86%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b0%d9%8a-%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%af%d9%91%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%82%d8%af\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalba: The stern general who defied fate and for whom Nile coins were minted"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 68 AD, the Roman Empire was boiling under Nero<\/a>He had become despised throughout the state. And in the heart of Spain, Galba, the stern-faced old general, stood watching Rome's collapse with strategic coolness. He was not an ambitious young man, but a seasoned warrior who had served in every corner of the empire, from Germany to Africa.<\/div>\n
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When Nero committed suicide, he paved the way for the Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD), and was the first of them. Although his reign lasted only seven months, he left his mark, especially on the coins minted in his name in Alexandria, the capital of Roman Egypt.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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