 Galba may have chosen to award Halotus the lucrative procuratorship for any number of reasons ; during his reign , Galba was known for making often unpopular political and economical actions , supposedly for what was , at least in Galba 's mind , the financial health of the city . Halotus ' great rise in status , and his subsequent prosperity , may have been in some way beneficial in Galba 's eyes . Less specifically , the move would certainly have had some degree of benefit for Galba in some way , whether indirectly , or directly , economically or financially . 
