Games instituted by Nero, to be conducted in the Greek fashion
and to recur periodically, like the Olympian.
NERVA, Roman Emperor, A. D. 96-98.
NERVII, The.
A tribe in Belgic Gaul, at the time of Cæsar's conquest, which
occupied the country "between the Sambre and the Scheldt
(French and Belgic Hainaut, provinces of Southern Brabant, of
Antwerp, and part of Eastern Flanders). The writers posterior
to Cæsar mention Bagacum (Bavay) as their principal town."
_Napoleon III.,
History of Cæsar,
book 3, chapter 2, foot-note (volume 2)._
The tribe was destroyed by Cæsar.
See BELGÆ, CÆSAR'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE.
NESSA: Destruction by the Mongols (1220).
See KHORASSAN: A. D. 1220-1221.