Marcus Cocceius Nerva

Nerva, Marcus Cocceius (AD 30?–98), Roman emperor AD 96–8. He had come to the fore while aiding Nero in the suppression of the Pisonian conspiracy in 65 (see PISO). Nero also admired his verse composition. He was chosen by the emperor Vespasian as his colleague in the consulship of 71, and was similarly the colleague of the emperor Domitian in 90. After the latter's assassination in 96 the senate chose Nerva as emperor. In his short reign he avoided serious problems, propitiating the army by the adoption of Trajan as heir.

Marcus Cocceius Nerva was consul of the Roman Republic in 36 BC, together with Lucius Gellius Publicola. He is the great grandfather of the more famous Emperor Nerva who ruled the Roman Empire from 96 to 98 CE. His son, also named "Marcus Cocceius Nerva", was part of the entourage of emperor Tiberius.

In popular culture

• Caligula (film) shows the consul's son under the name "Nerva" with Tiberius.
• A.D. (film) under the name "Nerva."

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Preceded by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Lucius Caninius Gallus

Consul of the Roman Republic with Lucius Gellius Publicola 36 BC

Succeeded by Lucius Cornificius and Sextus Pompeius

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