Caesar Nymphidius Sabinus

Nymphidius Sabinus was born as the son of a Roman freedwoman. After Nero died, he supported first Galba, and then offered himself for the purple by claiming to be the bastard son of the late Emperor Caligula. Nobody seems to have taken his claim seriously, and he was murdered before Galba arrived at Rome.

Say Sabinus had survived (and was the son of Caligula as he claimed). What effects might this have had on Rome's history? Could he have found significant support to go against Galba etc? Or would he just be jotted down as a forgotten footnote of the Year of the Four Emperors as he usually is?

Thoughts?
 
The senate was very indecesive for a very long time. Actually way too long. After the senate once decided, to condemn Nero, every perhaps still existing remote member of the julio-claudian family has to be either very quiet or he is dead. And honestly, from a roman point of view the son of a fredwoman is never qualified for senator or emperor. No way!

And do not ask for the support of the praetorians. They knew, that Galbas legions would blow them out of the water. Once Galba had decided to march, nobody but other legions could have stopped him. Even if he had just 2 legions, one of them newly recruited.
 
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Do you mean the Senate was indecisive on Nero's damnatio memoriae or that it was too indecisive in general?

Sorry if this seems dumb, but I'm afraid I don't know much about the period besides a general overview
 
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