On November 8 [35 AD], I was born into this glorious world (Henderson 169). My noble family raised me in the most beautiful Narnia in Umbria (Birley 30). Although born into a senatorial family, I pursued neither a military nor public speaking career (Wend). For as long as my ancestors can be traced, they have always been involved in the political realm in some way (Birley 30). My dearest great-grandfather, M. Cocceius Nerva, was consul [36 BC]; his grandfather, of the same name, was a fine jurist who accompanied Tiberius to Capri in [26 AD] (Vend). I was the son of a Roman lawyer from an aristocratic family (Woolf 364). On my maternal side, my dear mother's aunt, Rubellia Bassa, was the great-niece of Tiberius himself, and my great-uncle, L. Cocceius Nerva, played a role in the negotiations that secured a treaty in 40 BC between Octavian and Antony (Wend) . I have held various priesthoods, being augur, sodalis Augustalis and salius palatino (Birley 30). With the title of praetor designate in 65, I was instrumental in revealing Piso's conspiracy against the emperor Nero (Vend). Because of this glorious achievement, I received triumphal ornaments and my statue was placed in his beautiful palace (Wend). When I served as an urban quaestor, the lowest-ranking regular magistrate whose responsibility was the treasury, I began to make my way into the political sphere (Birley 30). [71 AD], I was consul for the first time under the government of Vespasian (Henderson 170). [71 AD] My loyalty was rewarded with a joint consulate with Vespasian, the only time he held the office without his son Titus (Wend). I was consul a second time under Domitian [92 AD] (Henderson 170). This honor was perhaps the result...... middle of paper......nt, Michael. "Rulers and the Empire". The World of Rome: Michael Grant,... London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960.Mills, Dorothy. "Rome in the age of Trajan and under the Antonines." The Book of the Ancient Romans. New York: G.P. Putnams Sons, 1997. 391.Morey, William C. “THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS,—NERVA TO MARCUS AURELIUS.” Outlines of Roman history. New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1901. Forum Romanum. April 01, 2011 .Wend, David. "Roman Emperors - DIR Nerva." RomanEmperors - DIR--De Imperatoribus Romanis Roman history Roman Empire Roman Imperator Basileus De Imperatoribus Romanis Byzantine Encyclopedia. 08 September 1998. 01 April 2011 .Woolf, Greg. "Who's who." The Cambridge illustrates the history of the Roman world. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003.