Marcus Perperna (consul 92 BCE)
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Marcus Perperna was the son of a previous consul, Marcus Perperna.
Marcus Perperna became consul in 92 BCE with Gaius Claudius Pulcher, and censor in 86 BCE with Lucius Marcius Philippus. The censorship of Perperna is mentioned by Cicero, 1 and Cornelius Nepos speaks of him as censorius.2
Although he lived through troubled times, he did not play a prominent role in them. It was probably the same Marcus Perperna who was judex in the case of Gaius Aculeo,3 and also in that of Quintus Roscius, for whom Cicero pleaded4. In 54 BC, Marcus Perperna is mentioned as one of the consulars who bore testimony on behalf of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus at his trail.5 He lived past all these times reaching the age of ninety-eight when he finally died in 49 BCE. He outlived all the senators who belonged to that body in his consulship, and at the time of his death there were only seven persons surviving, whom he had enrolled in the senate during his censorship.6
| Preceded by Gaius Valerius Flaccus and Marcus Herennius |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Gaius Claudius Pulcher 92 BCE |
Succeeded by Sextus Julius Caesar and Lucius Marcius Philippus |
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).
