 Shortly after Galba became Emperor , he bestowed upon Halotus an " important procuratorship " . This new occupation of procurator resulted in Halotus ' becoming a very wealthy man in Roman society . Galba 's reason for allowing Halotus such a well @-@ paying job when he was generally unpopular in the Roman society could not fairly be predicted ; Galba often made decisions that were not well liked by the public but which Galba often claimed were " for the economic good " . 
