That nunnery, supported by the arch of Nerva, which is all that is now left standing of that Emperor's Forum. From Wordnik.com. [Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I] Reference
Pliny was probably nominated to it by Nerva and Trajan. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
The peaceable reign of Nerva lasted only fifteen months. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Nerva, and who wrote his admirable work on them about A.D. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885] Reference
"At Nerva, sire, where we tamed the pride of the Russians.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
The heat draining out of the Nerva jet had melted that ice. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Known Space]
Although favorable to the senate, Nerva had no military experience. From Wordnik.com. [2. Conquest and Consolidation] Reference
Trajan remained in Germany until the death of Nerva on Jan. 27, 98. From Wordnik.com. [2. Conquest and Consolidation] Reference
Nerva rejected his reasoning, and completed his purpose by abstinence. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola] Reference
He began to praise Nerva, and was immediately ordered to prison and to chains. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Nerva panicked at sight of this spitting cat, and shut down his tribunal at once. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
The Nerva-K had spewed fused bits of the fission pile all over the bubble cavity. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Known Space]
The time of his death is no where mentioned, but it probably was under Nerva or Trajan. From Wordnik.com. [A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements] Reference
Until the two-week period during which that rodent Nerva freed eight hundred Italian slaves. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
We needed a highly maneuverable Nerva-type atomic rocket motor using hydrogen for reaction mass. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Known Space]
Nerva avoided a crisis by adopting the legate of upper Germany, Trajan, as his co-ruler and successor. From Wordnik.com. [2. Conquest and Consolidation] Reference
Valentinian, Nerva, Wenceslas, and Isabeau of Bavaria, all died in consequence of an access of passion. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
We can hardly suppose it to have been written under Nerva, as its style is so different from that of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
Under the wise and able administration of "the five good emperors" -- Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the two. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
The landing skirt must have trapped gas underneath when the ship sank, leaving the Nerva-K engine in a bubble cavity. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Known Space]
The first was Nerva, the excellent temper of whose government is by a glance in Cornelius Tacitus touched to the life. From Wordnik.com. [The Advancement of Learning] Reference
If Nerva was then alive, the wish to see another in his room would have been an awkward compliment to the reigning prince. From Wordnik.com. [The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus] Reference
Nerva and across the Col di S. Bernardo, then by the town of Garessio and the valley of the Tanaro to Ceva, 4 hours by rail from Turin. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Our praetor-governor Nerva scurried off to Sicily and began to manumit the Italians, who number about a quarter of the total grain slaves. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
Cocceius Nerva (96-98 A.D.); from this patron he took the cognomen mentioned, Cocceianus, which he handed down to his illustrious grandson. From Wordnik.com. [Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form] Reference
Nerva, asking what he should do with his discovery. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan and Christian Rome] Reference
Having conspired against Nerva, he, and his wife, Agedia Quintina, were banished to. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan and Christian Rome] Reference
Antonia wife of Drusus, Claudius, Brittannicus, and Nerva are registered in succession. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan and Christian Rome] Reference
Nerva succeeded Domitian, between whom and Apollonius there subsisted the sincerest friendship. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Necromancers] Reference
Of Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the Antonines, I will not speak, since they were great exceptions to those who generally ruled at Rome. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
Towards the end of his life Apollonius was accused before Domitian of having conspired with Nerva to put an end to the reign of the tyrant. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Necromancers] Reference
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