Perperna
Perperna was the gentile name of a noble family ( gens ) living in the Roman Empire , some representatives of which emerged in the 2nd and 1st centuries. This gentile name probably indicates an Etruscan origin of the sex. The form of the name Perpenna is also often passed down, which is preferred in the manuscripts of ancient Greek authors and also appears on the oldest preserved Greek inscription relating to a member of the clan ( Marcus Perperna (envoy) ). In contrast, the Perpenna form appears much less often in Latin inscriptions.
The gentile name is the first non-Roman to appear in the consular fasts . Marcus Perperna was the first of his family to acquire The highest Roman state office of the republic , namely the consulate. Nevertheless, his father of the same name, who was 168 BC Was sent as an envoy to the Illyrian king Genthios , according to Valerius Maximus as late as 126 BC. BC revoked Roman citizenship . However, the report by Valerius Maximus on this is evidently rather flawed.
The few representatives of the sex that have become historically significant have a close genealogical connection and were mainly given the first name Marcus . We can only tell from them for the praetor of 82 BC. BC probably prove that he had a cognomen . Even those members of the clan who had the status of freedmen usually carried the prenomen Marcus .
Significant representatives of the sex were:
- Marcus Perperna (envoy) , Roman envoy
- Marcus Perperna (consul 130 BC) († 129 BC), Roman politician
- Marcus Perperna (consul 92 BC) (~ 147 BC – 49 BC), Roman politician, censor 86 BC Chr.
- Marcus Perperna (praetor 82 BC) († 72 BC), Roman politician
Remarks
- ↑ a b c Friedrich Münzer : Perperna. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIX, 1, Stuttgart 1937, column 892 f.
- ↑ Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia 3, 4, 5.