. Coin of Nerva, Roman Emperor, ;. head of Nerva: IMP. NERVA CAES. AVG. P. P. COS. II. ; rev., Justice seated: IVSTITIAAVG VST. conspiracy, was declared emperor at Romeby the people and the soldiers, and his ad-ministration at once restored tranquility to tinstate. He stopped proceedings against thosewho had been accused of treason, and allowecmany exiled persons to return to Rome. Th<informers were suppressed by penalties, andsome were put to death. At the commencement of his reign, Nerva swore that h&
. Coin of Nerva, Roman Emperor, ;. head of Nerva: IMP. NERVA CAES. AVG. P. P. COS. II. ; rev., Justice seated: IVSTITIAAVG VST. conspiracy, was declared emperor at Romeby the people and the soldiers, and his ad-ministration at once restored tranquility to tinstate. He stopped proceedings against thosewho had been accused of treason, and allowecmany exiled persons to return to Rome. Th<informers were suppressed by penalties, andsome were put to death. At the commencement of his reign, Nerva swore that h<would put no senator to death ; and he kept hiiword, even when a conspiracy had been formec. Bust of Xerva. NERVII against his life by Calpurnius Crassus. ThoughNerva was virtuous and humane, lie did not pos-sess much energy and vigour, and his feeble-ness was shown by a mutiny of the Praetoriansoldiers. The sol-diers demandedthe punishment ofthe assassins ofDomitian, whichthe emperor at firstrefused, but he wasobliged to put Pe-tronius Secundusand Parthenius todeath, or to permitthem to be mas-sacred by the sol-diers. Nerva felthis weakness, andshowed his noblecharacter and hisgood sense by ap-pointing as hissuccessor a manwho possessed bothvigour and abilityto direct publicaffairs. He adoptedas his son and suc-cessor, without anyregard to his ownkin, M. UlpiusTrajanus, who wasthen at the head of an army in died suddenly on January 27, 98, atthe age of sixty-five years. (Dio Cass, lxviii.) Nervii, a powerful and warlike people inGallia Belgica, whose territory extended fromthe river Sabis (Sambre) to the Ocean, andpart of which was covered by the wood Ar-d
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