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Nerva

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Nerva (Marcus Cocceius Nerva) , c.AD 30-AD 98, Roman emperor (AD 96-AD 98). He had an honorable career as a statesman at Rome, and his reputation was blameless. At the death of Domitian he was chosen emperor by the senate in a strong movement toward constitutionalism and senatorial influence and away from hereditary succession. Nerva, a kind, paternal figure, reformed the land laws in favor of the poor, revised taxation, and tolerated the Christians. His greatest achievement was to adopt Trajan and name him as successor. This assured an orderly transfer of power when Nerva died afte... Read more

Nerva
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia in full Nerva Caesar Augustus orig. Marcus Cocceius Nerva (born 35—died Jan. 28, 98) Roman emperor (96–98 ... Emperors. A member of a distinguished senatorial family, Nerva served twice as consul (71, 90). After an undistinguished ... Read more

Trajan
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia in full Caesar Divi Nervae Filius Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus or Caesar Nerva Traianus Germanicus orig. Marcus Ulpius Traianus ... being named consul in 91. In 97 he was adopted by Nerva as his successor. After Nerva's death in 98, he deified ... Read more

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	OBIT - SHUPE, NERVA DAVIS Roanoke Times & World News; 1/13/2003; 25 words ; SHUPE, Nerva Davis, 93, of Chilhowie, died Friday, January 10, 2003. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Grosses Creek Baptist Church. Arrangements by Williams Funeral Home. Read more
	The Spirit of Haitian Voodoo; At the American Folklife Festival, Dispelling Myths With Charm The Washington Post; 7/1/1989; Hank Stuever; 815 words ; The four young men in ties came to Madame Nerva's pink-and-blue hounfor on the Mall because ... Every day the "Voudoun Group de Madame Nerva" spends the mornings singing to the spirits-t ... that everything has its place in Madame Nerva's hounfor. Even nonbelievers. They are ... Read more
	To the End of the Solar System: the Story of the Nuclear Rocket.(Book Review) Air Power History; 9/22/2004; Sturdevant, Rick W.; 680 words ; ... Dewar. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2004. Maps. Diagrams. Illustrations. Photographs. Appendices. Notes ... 438. $65.00 ISBN: 0-8131-2267-8 Termination of the Rover/NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) program in ... account of the nuclear rocket's evolution, examines ... Read more
	A new day for Cuba Anglican Journal; 6/1/2007; Anonymous; 92 words ; Nerva Cot Aguillera (centre, with female colleagues) recently became the first woman Anglican bishop in the developing world. Bishop ... Read more
	Thirty-Six Years After Neil Armstrong Freeman; 7/1/2005; Walker, Bill; 3115 words ; ... ORION, and POODLE. Nuclear Rocket Engine NERVA was a nuclear rocket engine that worked ... hydrogen and expelled it through a nozzle. NERVA-style engines were tested from the late ... museum. (There are some nice pictures of NERVA at www.lascruces.com/~mrpbar/rocket.html ... Read more
	On sedition in Tacitus.(Critical essay) Perspectives on Political Science; 1/1/2006; Mercado, Raymond; 7208 words ; ... last, spirit (12) is returning to Rome. Nerva is said to have been able to unite things ... present] time (22) (that is, the time of Nerva and Trajan), and he reserves it for his ... again, that he will praise the reigns of Nerva and Trajan in his old age, because of the ... Read more
	Bust links city with emperor's home Citizen Gloucestershire, The; 1/22/2008; 88 words ; ... Narni in Umbria used the bronze sculpture of the Emperor Marcus Nerva which stands in Southgate Street, as a blueprint for the bust ... Gloucester Civic Trust for details of the statue in August 2006. Nerva, born in Narni - Narnia in Latin - in around 30AD, decreed in ... Read more
	Waiters get court ruling on tipping by credit card Evening Standard - London; 9/24/2002; MARK WILKINSON; CHRIS MILLAR; 574 words ; ... after a 13-year battle. Italian Sandro Nerva and Spaniard Jose Pulleiro took the legal ... were missing out on hundreds of pounds. Mr Nerva said: "People give tips to waiters as a ... a wage. It's a very bad situation." Mr Nerva's claim is related to his time as a waiter ... Read more
	Waiters get court ruling on tipping by credit card. The Evening Standard (London, England); 9/24/2002; Wilkinson, Mark Millar, Chris; 573 words ; ... after a 13-year battle. Italian Sandro Nerva and Spaniard Jose Pulleiro took the legal ... were missing out on hundreds of pounds. Mr Nerva said: People give tips to waiters as a ... of a wage. It's a very bad situation. Mr Nerva's claim is related to his time as a waiter ... Read more
	British Waiters Get European Court Ruling on Tipping by Credit Card. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 9/24/2002; 458 words ; ... London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 24--It's a question that has long ... after a 13-year battle. Italian Sandro Nerva and Spaniard Jose Pulleiro took the ... missing out on hundreds of pounds. Mr Nerva said: People give tips to waiters as ... wage. It's a very bad situation. Mr Nerva's ... Read more

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