biography
| name: |
Nerva, Marcus Cocceius
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pronunciation:
[nairva]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.32–98)
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| biography:
| Emperor of Rome (96–98), elected by the Senate after the assassination of Domitianus. One of the ‘five good emperors’, he rejected terrorism and introduced liberal reforms, but lacked military support, and had to adopt Trajan as his successor. |
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