On November 8 [AD 35], I was born into this glorious world (Henderson 169). My noble family raised me in the most beautiful Narnia in Umbria (Birley 30). Although I was born into a senatorial family, I pursued neither a military career nor a speaking career (Wend). As far back as my ancestors can be traced, they have always been involved in politics (Birley 30). My dear great-grandfather, Mr. Cocceius Nerva, was consul [36 BC. AD]; his grandfather, a man of the same name, was an excellent jurist who accompanied Tiberius to Capri in [AD 26] (Wend). I was the son of a Roman lawyer in an aristocratic family (Woolf 364). On my mother's side, my beloved mother's aunt Rubellia Bassa was the great-granddaughter of Tiberius himself, and my great-uncle, L. Cocceius Nerva, played a role in the negotiations that resulted in a treaty in 40 BC between Octavian and Antony (Wend).I held various priesthoods, being augur, sodalis Augustalis and palatine salius (Birley 30). With the title of appointed praetor in 65, I helped reveal Piso's conspiracy against Emperor Nero (Wend). Because of this glorious achievement, I was awarded triumphal ornaments and my statue was placed in his beautiful palace (Wend). When I was an urban quaestor, the lowest regular magistrate whose responsibility was the treasury, I began to rise through the ranks in politics (Birley 30). [AD 71], I was first consul during the reign of Vespasian (Henderson 170). [AD 71] My loyalty was rewarded with a joint consulship with Vespasian, the only time he held this office without his son Titus (Wend). I was consul a second time under Domitian [AD 92] (Henderson 170). Perhaps this honor was the result...... middle of paper ......nt, Michael. “Rulers and Empire.” The World of Rome: Michael Grant,... London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960. Mills, Dorothy. “Rome in the time of Trajan and under the Antonines”. The Book of Ancient Romans. New York: GP Putnams Sons, 1997. 391.Morey, William C. “THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS,—NERVA TO MARCUS AURELIUS.” Glimpses of Roman History. New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1901. Forum Romanum. April 1, 2011. Wend, David. "Roman Emperors - DIR Nerva." RomanEmperors - DIR--De Imperatoribus Romanis Roman History Roman RomanEmpire Imperator Basileus De Imperatoribus Romanis Byzantine Encyclopedia. September 8, 1998. April 1, 2011. Woolf, Greg. “Who’s who.” The Cambridge illustrated the history of the Roman world. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003.