- 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 withLucius Marcius Philippus . The censorship of Perperna is mentioned byCicero , rf|1|Cic_verr_i.55 andCornelius Nepos speaks of him as "censorius".rf|2|corn_cat_1Although 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 ofGaius Aculeo ,rf|3|Cic_deorat_ii262 and also in that ofQuintus Roscius , for whom Cicero pleadedrf|4|Cic_prorosc_1,8. In 54 BC, Marcus Perperna is mentioned as one of the consulars who bore testimony on behalf of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus at his trial.rf|5|ascon_inscaur 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.rf|6|plin_nh_vii48References
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Cicero , " [http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Actionis_in_C._Verrem_secvndae_-_Liber_primvs#143 In Verrem] " 143ent|2|corn_cat_1Cornelius Nepos , " [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/nepos.htm#Cato Cato] " 1ent|3|Cic_deorat_ii262Cicero , " [http://perseus.uchicago.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Cic.+de+Orat.+2.262&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0120 De oratore] " 2.262ent|4|Cic_prorosc_1,8Cicero , " [http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Pro_Quinto_Roscio_comoedo Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo] "1, 8ent|5|ascon_inscaur Ascon, "in Scaur", p. 28, ed. Orelli.ent|6|plin_nh_vii48 Pliny, " [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/holland/pliny7.html Naturalis Historia] " 7.48;Valerius Maximus , " [http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/valmax.html Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium Libri Novem] " 8.13§4;Dio Cassius , " [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/41*.html#14 Roman History] " 41.14
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