Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

PERP1986 M. Perperna (6) Veiento

Life Dates

  • 82, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Hinard 82 no. 57

  • 72, death - violent (Broughton MRR II) Expand

    Executed by Pompey.

Relationships

son of
? M. Perperna (5) M. f. M. n. (cos. 92) (Brennan 2000)

Career

  • Praetor before 81 Sicilia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 4 Perperna is expressly termed a man of praetorian rank when he is with Sertorius in Spain (Vell. 2.30. 1; Val. Max. 6.2.8; cf. Diod. 37.22a). (Broughton MRR II)
    • The Marian governor of Sicily, whom Papirius Carbo attempted to join after his flight to Africa. When driven out by Pompey he fled to Sertorius in Spain (Diod. 38.14; Val. Max. 6.2.8; Plut. Pomp. 10.1-2; cf. Liv. Per. 89; App. BC 1.96; see Consuls, on Carbo; and Promagistrates, on Pompey). (Broughton MRR II)
    • The cognomen Vento, given in Plutarch (Sert. 15) should be corrected to Veiento (see CIL 6.38700, and Münzer, RE). Refer also to Syme, CPh 50, 1955, 135; and Badian, Studies 86. His command in Sicily followed that of Norbanus, but 82 is the latest possible date. In MRR 2.87, I mistakenly stated that when in 82 Perperna fled from Pompey in Sicily he went directly to Sertorius in Spain, and at 2.91, I correctly recorded his passage from Sardinia to Sertorius in Spain in 77 after the defeat and death of Lepidus. The inconsistency has been noted by Badian (Foreign Clientelae 210, note 3) and Keaveney (AC 51, 1982, 126- 127). Between 82 and 77 he apparently spent some time both in Liguria (Oros. 5.24.16) and Sardinia, which was Marian until it was recaptured for Sulla by Philippus (Liv. Per. 86; cf. MRR 2.67 and 72, 82 B.C.). It may well have been his fleet that assisted Lepidus in defeat to pass over to Sardinia and himself and his forces to go to Spain after Lepidus? death (A. Keaveney, loc. Cit.; cf. Criniti, ?M. Aemilius Q. f. M. n. Lepidus,? Mem. Ist. Lombardo (Lett.) 30, 1969, 443-446). Leg., lieut., under Sertorius. If the battle of Lauro is rightly dated to the autumn of 77 (see Cn. Pompeius Magnus [31], below), his acceptance of Sertorius as superior in command should be placed in that year, otherwise it should be placed in 76 (see MRR 2.95, under 76, for sources). It should not be claimed that he failed to defend the line of the Ebro, as his commission in the spring of 76 (if Liv. 91, frag. 22W is rightly dated to the winter of 77/76, not the following one) was to defend the Ilercavones and the ora maritima. Could his capture of Cales in Callaecia, dated to 74 in MRR 2.105, be dated in 72/71 or 73/72 instead (Sall. Hist. 43-44M) and put with fragments 84-87M in his final period after the death of Sertorius, when Pompey pursued him to the far west of Spain? On Sall. Hist. 44M, see Strabo 3.3.4 and RE on the river Lethe in northwestern Spain.[155x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 748, footnote 293. p. 481 also notes that while Perperna may have succeeded to the command in Sicily in 85 or 84, he is first attested in 82. (Brennan 2000)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 77 Gallia Transalpina, Italia, Sardinia, Hispania, (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably a Legate under Lepidus (App. BC 1.108; Iul. Exup. 7), he escaped first to Sardinia, and then to Spain with considerable forces (Plut. Sert. 15.1; App. BC 1.107-108; Iul. Exup. 7; Oros. 5.23.12, and 24.16). (Broughton MRR II)
    • The cognomen Vento, given in Plutarch (Sert. 15) should be corrected to Veiento (see CIL 6.38700, and Münzer, RE). Refer also to Syme, CPh 50, 1955, 135; and Badian, Studies 86. His command in Sicily followed that of Norbanus, but 82 is the latest possible date. In MRR 2.87, I mistakenly stated that when in 82 Perperna fled from Pompey in Sicily he went directly to Sertorius in Spain, and at 2.91, I correctly recorded his passage from Sardinia to Sertorius in Spain in 77 after the defeat and death of Lepidus. The inconsistency has been noted by Badian (Foreign Clientelae 210, note 3) and Keaveney (AC 51, 1982, 126- 127). Between 82 and 77 he apparently spent some time both in Liguria (Oros. 5.24.16) and Sardinia, which was Marian until it was recaptured for Sulla by Philippus (Liv. Per. 86; cf. MRR 2.67 and 72, 82 B.C.). It may well have been his fleet that assisted Lepidus in defeat to pass over to Sardinia and himself and his forces to go to Spain after Lepidus? death (A. Keaveney, loc. Cit.; cf. Criniti, ?M. Aemilius Q. f. M. n. Lepidus,? Mem. Ist. Lombardo (Lett.) 30, 1969, 443-446). Leg., lieut., under Sertorius. If the battle of Lauro is rightly dated to the autumn of 77 (see Cn. Pompeius Magnus [31], below), his acceptance of Sertorius as superior in command should be placed in that year, otherwise it should be placed in 76 (see MRR 2.95, under 76, for sources). It should not be claimed that he failed to defend the line of the Ebro, as his commission in the spring of 76 (if Liv. 91, frag. 22W is rightly dated to the winter of 77/76, not the following one) was to defend the Ilercavones and the ora maritima. Could his capture of Cales in Callaecia, dated to 74 in MRR 2.105, be dated in 72/71 or 73/72 instead (Sall. Hist. 43-44M) and put with fragments 84-87M in his final period after the death of Sertorius, when Pompey pursued him to the far west of Spain? On Sall. Hist. 44M, see Strabo 3.3.4 and RE on the river Lethe in northwestern Spain.[155x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 76 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Accepted Sertorius as his superior in command under pressure from the soldiers (Plut. Sert. 15.2; cf. Iul. Exup. 6; Oros. 5.23.12). Falled to defend the line of the Ebro river against Pompey (Liv. 9 1, fr. 22 W). Wintered in Lusitania (App. BC 1.110). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 75 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Defeated by Pompey before Valencia (Sall. Hist. 2.55 M; Plut. Pomp. 18.3; Oros. 5.23.12). He was unsuccessful in command of his wing of the army of Sertorius in the battles on the Sucro and the Turia (Liv. Per. 92; Plut. Sert. 19.6; App. BC 1.110). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 74 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Served under Sertorius in Spain (see 76-75, Legates). Captured Cales of Callaecia (Sall. Hist. 3.43-44M). (Broughton MRR II)
    • The cognomen Vento, given in Plutarch (Sert. 15) should be corrected to Veiento (see CIL 6.38700, and Münzer, RE). Refer also to Syme, CPh 50, 1955, 135; and Badian, Studies 86. His command in Sicily followed that of Norbanus, but 82 is the latest possible date. In MRR 2.87, I mistakenly stated that when in 82 Perperna fled from Pompey in Sicily he went directly to Sertorius in Spain, and at 2.91, I correctly recorded his passage from Sardinia to Sertorius in Spain in 77 after the defeat and death of Lepidus. The inconsistency has been noted by Badian (Foreign Clientelae 210, note 3) and Keaveney (AC 51, 1982, 126- 127). Between 82 and 77 he apparently spent some time both in Liguria (Oros. 5.24.16) and Sardinia, which was Marian until it was recaptured for Sulla by Philippus (Liv. Per. 86; cf. MRR 2.67 and 72, 82 B.C.). It may well have been his fleet that assisted Lepidus in defeat to pass over to Sardinia and himself and his forces to go to Spain after Lepidus? death (A. Keaveney, loc. Cit.; cf. Criniti, ?M. Aemilius Q. f. M. n. Lepidus,? Mem. Ist. Lombardo (Lett.) 30, 1969, 443-446). Leg., lieut., under Sertorius. If the battle of Lauro is rightly dated to the autumn of 77 (see Cn. Pompeius Magnus [31], below), his acceptance of Sertorius as superior in command should be placed in that year, otherwise it should be placed in 76 (see MRR 2.95, under 76, for sources). It should not be claimed that he failed to defend the line of the Ebro, as his commission in the spring of 76 (if Liv. 91, frag. 22W is rightly dated to the winter of 77/76, not the following one) was to defend the Ilercavones and the ora maritima. Could his capture of Cales in Callaecia, dated to 74 in MRR 2.105, be dated in 72/71 or 73/72 instead (Sall. Hist. 43-44M) and put with fragments 84-87M in his final period after the death of Sertorius, when Pompey pursued him to the far west of Spain? On Sall. Hist. 44M, see Strabo 3.3.4 and RE on the river Lethe in northwestern Spain.[155x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 73 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Served under Sertorius in Spain (Plut. Sert. 25; see 76-72, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
    • The cognomen Vento, given in Plutarch (Sert. 15) should be corrected to Veiento (see CIL 6.38700, and Münzer, RE). Refer also to Syme, CPh 50, 1955, 135; and Badian, Studies 86. His command in Sicily followed that of Norbanus, but 82 is the latest possible date. In MRR 2.87, I mistakenly stated that when in 82 Perperna fled from Pompey in Sicily he went directly to Sertorius in Spain, and at 2.91, I correctly recorded his passage from Sardinia to Sertorius in Spain in 77 after the defeat and death of Lepidus. The inconsistency has been noted by Badian (Foreign Clientelae 210, note 3) and Keaveney (AC 51, 1982, 126- 127). Between 82 and 77 he apparently spent some time both in Liguria (Oros. 5.24.16) and Sardinia, which was Marian until it was recaptured for Sulla by Philippus (Liv. Per. 86; cf. MRR 2.67 and 72, 82 B.C.). It may well have been his fleet that assisted Lepidus in defeat to pass over to Sardinia and himself and his forces to go to Spain after Lepidus? death (A. Keaveney, loc. Cit.; cf. Criniti, ?M. Aemilius Q. f. M. n. Lepidus,? Mem. Ist. Lombardo (Lett.) 30, 1969, 443-446). Leg., lieut., under Sertorius. If the battle of Lauro is rightly dated to the autumn of 77 (see Cn. Pompeius Magnus [31], below), his acceptance of Sertorius as superior in command should be placed in that year, otherwise it should be placed in 76 (see MRR 2.95, under 76, for sources). It should not be claimed that he failed to defend the line of the Ebro, as his commission in the spring of 76 (if Liv. 91, frag. 22W is rightly dated to the winter of 77/76, not the following one) was to defend the Ilercavones and the ora maritima. Could his capture of Cales in Callaecia, dated to 74 in MRR 2.105, be dated in 72/71 or 73/72 instead (Sall. Hist. 43-44M) and put with fragments 84-87M in his final period after the death of Sertorius, when Pompey pursued him to the far west of Spain? On Sall. Hist. 44M, see Strabo 3.3.4 and RE on the river Lethe in northwestern Spain.[155x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Praefectus 72 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • See 78-72, Legates. (Broughton MRR II)
    • The cognomen Vento, given in Plutarch (Sert. 15) should be corrected to Veiento (see CIL 6.38700, and Münzer, RE). Refer also to Syme, CPh 50, 1955, 135; and Badian, Studies 86. His command in Sicily followed that of Norbanus, but 82 is the latest possible date. In MRR 2.87, I mistakenly stated that when in 82 Perperna fled from Pompey in Sicily he went directly to Sertorius in Spain, and at 2.91, I correctly recorded his passage from Sardinia to Sertorius in Spain in 77 after the defeat and death of Lepidus. The inconsistency has been noted by Badian (Foreign Clientelae 210, note 3) and Keaveney (AC 51, 1982, 126- 127). Between 82 and 77 he apparently spent some time both in Liguria (Oros. 5.24.16) and Sardinia, which was Marian until it was recaptured for Sulla by Philippus (Liv. Per. 86; cf. MRR 2.67 and 72, 82 B.C.). It may well have been his fleet that assisted Lepidus in defeat to pass over to Sardinia and himself and his forces to go to Spain after Lepidus? death (A. Keaveney, loc. Cit.; cf. Criniti, ?M. Aemilius Q. f. M. n. Lepidus,? Mem. Ist. Lombardo (Lett.) 30, 1969, 443-446). Leg., lieut., under Sertorius. If the battle of Lauro is rightly dated to the autumn of 77 (see Cn. Pompeius Magnus [31], below), his acceptance of Sertorius as superior in command should be placed in that year, otherwise it should be placed in 76 (see MRR 2.95, under 76, for sources). It should not be claimed that he failed to defend the line of the Ebro, as his commission in the spring of 76 (if Liv. 91, frag. 22W is rightly dated to the winter of 77/76, not the following one) was to defend the Ilercavones and the ora maritima. Could his capture of Cales in Callaecia, dated to 74 in MRR 2.105, be dated in 72/71 or 73/72 instead (Sall. Hist. 43-44M) and put with fragments 84-87M in his final period after the death of Sertorius, when Pompey pursued him to the far west of Spain? On Sall. Hist. 44M, see Strabo 3.3.4 and RE on the river Lethe in northwestern Spain.[155x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 72 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Headed the conspiracy to kill Sertorius, after whose death he was captured and put to death by Pompey (Sall. Hist. 3.81-85 M; Diod. 37.22a; Liv. Per. 96; Val. Max. 6.2.8; Vell. 2.30.1; Frontin. Str. 2.5.32; Plut. Sert. 25-27; Pomp. 20.2-4; App. BC 1.114-115; Ib. 101; Flor. 2.10.8-9; Iul. Exup. 8; Ammian. Marc. 26.9.19; Oros. 5.23.13). (Broughton MRR II)
    • The cognomen Vento, given in Plutarch (Sert. 15) should be corrected to Veiento (see CIL 6.38700, and Münzer, RE). Refer also to Syme, CPh 50, 1955, 135; and Badian, Studies 86. His command in Sicily followed that of Norbanus, but 82 is the latest possible date. In MRR 2.87, I mistakenly stated that when in 82 Perperna fled from Pompey in Sicily he went directly to Sertorius in Spain, and at 2.91, I correctly recorded his passage from Sardinia to Sertorius in Spain in 77 after the defeat and death of Lepidus. The inconsistency has been noted by Badian (Foreign Clientelae 210, note 3) and Keaveney (AC 51, 1982, 126- 127). Between 82 and 77 he apparently spent some time both in Liguria (Oros. 5.24.16) and Sardinia, which was Marian until it was recaptured for Sulla by Philippus (Liv. Per. 86; cf. MRR 2.67 and 72, 82 B.C.). It may well have been his fleet that assisted Lepidus in defeat to pass over to Sardinia and himself and his forces to go to Spain after Lepidus? death (A. Keaveney, loc. Cit.; cf. Criniti, ?M. Aemilius Q. f. M. n. Lepidus,? Mem. Ist. Lombardo (Lett.) 30, 1969, 443-446). Leg., lieut., under Sertorius. If the battle of Lauro is rightly dated to the autumn of 77 (see Cn. Pompeius Magnus [31], below), his acceptance of Sertorius as superior in command should be placed in that year, otherwise it should be placed in 76 (see MRR 2.95, under 76, for sources). It should not be claimed that he failed to defend the line of the Ebro, as his commission in the spring of 76 (if Liv. 91, frag. 22W is rightly dated to the winter of 77/76, not the following one) was to defend the Ilercavones and the ora maritima. Could his capture of Cales in Callaecia, dated to 74 in MRR 2.105, be dated in 72/71 or 73/72 instead (Sall. Hist. 43-44M) and put with fragments 84-87M in his final period after the death of Sertorius, when Pompey pursued him to the far west of Spain? On Sall. Hist. 44M, see Strabo 3.3.4 and RE on the river Lethe in northwestern Spain.[155x] (Broughton MRR III)

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