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His grandfather became suffect consul in July of either 21 or 22, and was known as a personal friend of Emperor Tiberius (r. 14–37), accompanying the emperor during his voluntary seclusion on Capri from 23 onwards, dying in 33. Nerva's father finally attained the consulship under the Emperor Caligula.
Marcus Cocceius Nerva, consul in 36 B.C. Marcus Cocceius (M. f.) Nerva, a friend of Tiberius, learned in the law, on which he wrote several books, now lost. He was the grandfather of the emperor Nerva. Marcus Cocceius M. f. (M. n.) Nerva, otherwise known as Nerva filius, son of the jurist, in whose footsteps he followed, and father of the emperor.
An equestrian statue of the Emperor Nerva was erected at the entrance to Southgate Street in 2002. It was created by Anthony Stone and paid for by public subscription, following a campaign that started in 1997, the 1900th anniversary of the colonia's foundation. [11] Modern statue of Emperor Nerva in Gloucester. Nerva made Glevum a colonia.
In this role he is best known for his public building program in Rome, and completing the construction of the Colosseum in 80, [39] but also for his generosity in relieving the suffering caused by two disasters, the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79, and the fire of Rome of 80. [40] Titus continued his father's efforts to promote the Flavian dynasty.
Nerva, Huelva, municipality in Huelva province, Spain; Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application , part of a NASA project to produce a nuclear thermal rocket engine; Nerva, a character in the 2006 movie Ultraviolet; Space Station Nerva, a fictional space station from the Doctor Who episodes "The Ark in Space" and "Revenge of the Cybermen"
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Marcus Cocceius Nerva (before 5 BC – AD 33) was a member of the entourage of the Roman emperor Tiberius and a celebrated jurist. He was the son of Marcus Cocceius Nerva and the grandfather of the emperor Nerva. [1] In AD 24 Tiberius appointed him to the head of the curatores aquarum, a three-man commission responsible for Rome's water supply. [2]