|
Marcus Cocceius Nerva (emperor's Father)
Marcus Cocceius Nerva may refer to: *Marcus Cocceius Nerva (consul 36 BC), great-grandfather of the Roman emperor *Marcus Cocceius Nerva (jurist), grandfather of the Roman emperor *Marcus Cocceius Nerva, consul ''suffectus'' in 40 AD, father of the Roman emperor *Nerva, Roman emperor from 96 to 98 {{hndis, Cocceius Nerva, Marcus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Cocceius Nerva (consul 36 BC)
Marcus Cocceius Nerva was consul of the Roman Republic in 36 BC, together with Lucius Gellius Poplicola. His family were of Umbrian origin and were supporters of Marc Antony, Marcus Antonius, providing him with a number of generals and diplomats. Nerva was ''Proquaestor pro praetore'' under Antonius in 41 BC, and it is assumed that he was with Lucius Antonius (brother of Mark Antony), Lucius Antonius during the Perusine War. He was one of the key military officers in Antonius's army who refused to fight Augustus, Octavianus and brought about the reconciliation between the two men in 40 BC. Around 38 BC, Marcus Antonius appointed Nerva as the proconsular governor of Asia (Roman province), Asia, during which time he was acclaimed as imperator for some military action at Lagina. For his services to Marcus Antonius, Nerva was elected consul in 36 BC. In 31 BC he was elected to the ''Quindecimviri sacris faciundis'', and was raised to the Patrician (ancient Rome), Patriciate after 29 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Cocceius Nerva (jurist)
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 emperor Nerva. In AD 24 Tiberius appointed him to the head of the '' curatores aquarum'', a three-man commission responsible for Rome's water supply.R. H. Rodgers"Curatores Aquarum" ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'', 86 (1982), p. 172 In 33 he starved himself to death despite the pleas of Tiberius. In explanation Tacitus writes: "Those who knew his thoughts said that as he saw more closely into the miseries of the State, he chose, in anger and alarm, an honourable death, while he was yet safe and unassailed on."Tacitus, The Annals 6.26 From this we may infer that he despaired at the tyrannies of the Praetorian Guard and committed suicide as a form of protest and may have been worried about his own safety. In popular culture He was portrayed in the film '' Caligula'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |