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A good start - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperor
September 18, 96: Nerva was appointed by the Senate to become Roman Emperor, the first of the Five Good Emperors.
Marcus Cocceius Nerva (November 8, 30 AD–January 27, 98), Roman emperor (AD 96–98), was a member of the Italian nobility rather than one of the elite of Rome; in this he was like Vespasian, the founder of the Flavian dynasty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Good_Emperors
September 18, 96: Nerva was appointed by the Senate to become Roman Emperor, the first of the Five Good Emperors.
Marcus Cocceius Nerva (November 8, 30 AD–January 27, 98), Roman emperor (AD 96–98), was a member of the Italian nobility rather than one of the elite of Rome; in this he was like Vespasian, the founder of the Flavian dynasty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Good_Emperors