Marcus Cocceius Nerva (consul 36 BC)

Marcus Cocceius Nerva was a politician of the late Roman Republic, 36 BC Consul and the great-grandfather of the Emperor Nerva.

Life

The Marcus Cocceius Nerva family came from Umbria. There are get from it embossed silver coins, on which the name and the portrait of the triumvirs Octavian and Mark Antony appear. As can be seen from such Münzzeugnissen, he was 41 BC Proquaestor propraetore Mark Antony in the East. While his brother Lucius Cocceius Nerva was friends with two triumvirs, he took himself while Octavian's military confrontation with Lucius Antonius in the context of Perusinischen war on the side of the latter part well. Octavian defeated his opponent early 40 BC crucial, but spared Marcus Cocceius Nerva with regard to his brother Lucius.

Later, Marcus Cocceius Nerva involved in military actions of Marcus Antonius in Asia and received the title of Emperor; he may have been 38/37 BC governor of the province of Asia, where several cities honored him as imperator and consul -designate. In recognition of his services to Antony he was allowed to officiate 36 BC as an ordinary consul, with Lucius Gellius Publicola he had to counterpart. For the last time he is 17 BC, testifies in which year he took part in the secular celebration in his capacity as Quindecimvir sacris faciundis. He had a son of the same name that was about 22 AD Suffektkonsul.