Marcus Perperna (consul 92 BCE)
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, and
Cornelius Nepos speaks of him as
censorius.
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, and also in that of
Quintus Roscius, for whom Cicero pleaded. In
54 BC, Marcus Perperna is mentioned as one of the consulars who bore testimony on behalf of
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus at his trail. 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.
Cicero,
In Verrem 143
Cornelius Nepos,
Cato 1
Cicero,
De oratore 2.262
Cicero,
Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo1, 8 Ascon,
in Scaur, p. 28, ed. Orelli.
Pliny,
Naturalis Historia 7.48;
Valerius Maximus,
Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium Libri Novem 8.13ยง4;
Dio Cassius,
Roman History 41.14
