Life of Emperor Nerva #12 First of the Best Emperors

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Ludvig Jungeström
by The SPQR Historian
published on 26 August 2020

Emperor Nerva is the first of the 'Five Good Emperor'. However, his reign proved to be fairly lackluster and he only reigned for 15 months and during his short time on the throne, his Praetorian Guards took him hostage and forced him to give up Domitian's assassins for execution.

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