child of a relative, before the people. Imploring mercy, he was acquitted. Consul Despite his atrocities, Galba was made consul in the year 144 BC, with Lucius Aurelius Cotta. The two consuls fought over who would take military command in a conflict against Viriathus in Hispania. They pulled the senate into factions and the resolution was that neither of them would go. The senate chose Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus, the consul of the year before, to continue commanding the army in Hispania. See also Sulpicia gens References 2nd-century BC Roman consuls Ancient Roman generals Roman governors of Hispania Servius (consul 610 AUC)