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Nerva was the first of the dynasty. [3] Though his reign was short, it saw a partial reconciliation between the army, the senate and the commoners. Nerva adopted as his son the popular military leader Trajan. In turn, Hadrian succeeded Trajan; he had been the latter's heir presumptive, and averred that he had been adopted by him on Trajan's ...
Because of this, all but the first and last of the Nerva–Antonine emperors are called Adoptive Emperors. The importance of official adoption in Roman society has often been considered [1] a conscious repudiation of the principle of dynastic inheritance and has been deemed one of the factors of the period's prosperity.
The dynasty consisted of the six "Good Emperors" (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Lucius Verus, and Marcus Aurelius) in addition to Marcus Aurelius' son Commodus. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Decian dynasty: 249 CE 251 CE 2 years Decius: Hostilian Valerian dynasty: 253 CE 268 CE 15 years Valerian: Gallienus Caran dynasty: 282 CE 285 CE 3 years Carus: Carinus Dynasties of the Dominate; Constantinian dynasty [d] 305 CE [5] 363 CE [5] 58 years Constantius Chlorus (Western)
Nerva (/ ˈ n ɜːr v ə /; born Marcus Cocceius Nerva; 8 November 30 – 27 January 98) was a Roman emperor from 96 to 98. Nerva became emperor when aged almost 66, after a lifetime of imperial service under Nero and the succeeding rulers of the Flavian dynasty .
Nerva–Antonine dynasty Annia Cornificia Faustina (122/123 – between 152 and 158) was the youngest child and only daughter of the praetor Marcus Annius Verus and Domitia Lucilla . The parents of Cornificia came from wealthy senatorial families who were of consular rank.
Ceionia Plautia (flourished 2nd century) was a Roman noblewoman and is among the lesser known members of the ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire. Life [ edit ]
She is among the lesser known members of the ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire. ... Marcus Aurelius, by Anthony Richard Birley, Routledge, 2000;