The
Horrea Galbae were warehouses (
horrea) in the southern part of ancient
Rome, located between the southern end of the
Aventine Hill and the waste dump of
Monte Testaccio. They ran for a substantial distance, possibly extending as far as the Porta Ostensis in the east and the
Porticus Aemilia on the banks of the
Tiber. The horrea were probably built on the site of a suburban
villa owned by the
Sulpicii Galbae, a distinguished noble family of whom the 1st century AD
Roman Emperor Galba was a member. (There are many alternative spellings of the name:
Galbana,
Galbiana,
Galbes and so on.)