The case seems to be closed when Pliny can point to similar literary aberrations in a long line of great men from Varro and Virgil and Cicero to Verginius Rufus and the divine nerva.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
The primary object of a multitude of colleges, like that of the worshippers of Diana and Antinous at Lanuvium, was undoubtedly, after the reign of nerva, the care of the memory of their members after death.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
The soldiery, faithful to their emperor, were excited and indignant, but, under the spell of Dion's eloquence, they were brought to acquiesce in the accession of the blameless nerva.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
