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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.
Dynasty Period of rule Rulers [a] Start End Term First to rule ... Nerva–Antonine dynasty [b] 96 CE [2] 192 CE [2] 96 years Nerva: Commodus Severan dynasty:
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.
The major sources depicting the life and rule of Marcus Aurelius are patchy and frequently unreliable. The most important group of sources, the biographies contained in the Historia Augusta, claimed to be written by a group of authors at the turn of the 4th century AD, but it is believed they were in fact written by a single author (referred to here as 'the biographer') from about 395. [4]
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 .
The Historia Augusta describes him as a "righteous person", who pitied Nerva when he became Emperor in 96. [4] John Grainger notes "he was the senior figure in a potent aristocratic network which centered on Gallia Narbonensis and extended into Spain, whose members included T. Aurelius Fulvus , P. Julius Lupus and M. Annius Verus ."
Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]