Nerva

[ nur-vuh ]

noun

1. Marcus Coc·ce·ius [kok-, see, -y, uh, s], a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.

Nerva

/ ˈnɜːvə /

noun

1. Nerva?3098MRomanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler full name Marcus Cocceius Nerva. ?30–98 ad , Roman emperor (96–98), who introduced some degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian. He adopted Trajan as his son and successor

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When Thornton “T.D.” Barnes worked on NERVA, in 1968, the project was well advanced.

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I left the program as director in 1971,” Klein said, “and do not have any information about what happened to NERVA in the end.

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Indeed it would seem that Domitian instituted a persecution of the Jews, to which Nerva his successor put an end.

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Nerva, too, had long seemed ripe for destruction, from the point of view of the state-craft of the time.

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So Cocceius Nerva was told off to the division under Aurelius—only as a private soldier, for he positively refused to command.

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So spoke Nerva, and Trajan bowed his head with a grave conviction of duty, and accepted the responsible honor.

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Nerva ordered those accused of offences against the Caesar to be set free, and the exiles to be recalled home.

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