Publius Licinius Nerva

Publius Licinius Nerva was a politician of the Roman Republic who, as Praetor, served as Governor of Sicily in 104 BC at the outbreak of the Second Servile War.[1] Having failed to put down a slave revolt which then rapidly escalated into the Second Servile War he was replaced at the end of his term by Lucius Licinius Lucullus.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cassius Dio, Roman History, Book 27, Fragment 101
  2. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Book 36, ch.8
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