Nerva

[ nur-vuh ]

/ ˈnɜr və /

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noun

Marcus Coc·ce·ius

[kok-see-yuhs], /kɒkˈsi yəs/, a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.

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How to use Nerva in a sentence

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.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2|Ernst Eckstein

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.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2|Ernst Eckstein
Nerva ordered those accused of offences against the Caesar to be set free, and the exiles to be recalled home.
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British Dictionary definitions for Nerva

Nerva

/ (ˈnɜːvə) /

noun

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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