Nerva

Names:

• 30 November 30: Marcus Cocceius Nerva
• 18 September 96: Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus
• 97: Imperator Nerva Germanicus Caesar Augustus
• 27 (?) January 98: natural death

Successor of: Domitian

Relatives

• father: Marcus Cocceius Nerva
• mother: Sergia Plautilla

Early career

• 30 Born in Narnia
• Prefect of the Latin festival
• Quaestor
• 66 Praetor
• 71 Consul (with Vespasian)
• 90 Consul II (with Domitian)
• 93 Exile to Tarentum?

Main deeds

• 96 Made emperor after the death of Domitian; inauguration of the Forum Transitorium
• 97 Consul III (with Lucius Verginius Rufus III, who dies; Cornelius Tacitus is consul suffectus); lex agraria; rising of the praetorian guard, led by Casperius Aelianus; Nerva adopts Trajan as caesar
• 98 Consul IV (with Trajan II); death

Buildings: Inaugurated the Forum Transitorium

Succeeded by: Trajan