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'''Marcus Junius Pera''' was a [[Rome|Roman]] politician during the [[Second Punic War]]. He was a consul in 230 BC and a censor with [[Gaius Claudius Centho]] in 225 BC. He was appointed [[Roman dictator|dictator]] in 216 BC, ''rei gerundae causa'', for the purpose of repelling [[Hannibal]]'s [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] forces from [[Italy]].<ref name="DillonGarland2013">{{cite book|author1=Matthew Dillon|author2=Lynda Garland|title=Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rfPWAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA210|date=28 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-76136-2|pages=210–}}</ref>His master of horse (''magister equitum'') was Sempronius Gracchus.<ref>Liv. 22.57</ref><ref name="Strickland1854">{{cite book|author=Jane Margaret Strickland|title=Rome, Regal and Republican: A Family History of Rome|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=G0kNX5zU4fcC&pg=PA322|year=1854|publisher=A. Hall. Virtue, & Company|pages=322–}}</ref> In order to raise soldiers, he armed not only slaves, but also criminals. He was the only dictator to serve a term simultaneously with another dictator, [[Marcus Fabius Buteo|M. Fabius Buteo]], who was appointed later that year to deal with constitutional matters in Rome. |
'''Marcus Junius Pera''' was a [[Rome|Roman]] politician during the [[Second Punic War]]. He was a consul in 230 BC and a censor with [[Gaius Claudius Centho]] in 225 BC. He was appointed [[Roman dictator|dictator]] in 216 BC, ''rei gerundae causa'', for the purpose of repelling [[Hannibal]]'s [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] forces from [[Italy]].<ref name="DillonGarland2013">{{cite book|author1=Matthew Dillon|author2=Lynda Garland|title=Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rfPWAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA210|date=28 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-76136-2|pages=210–}}</ref> His master of horse (''magister equitum'') was Sempronius Gracchus.<ref>Liv. 22.57</ref><ref name="Strickland1854">{{cite book|author=Jane Margaret Strickland|title=Rome, Regal and Republican: A Family History of Rome|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=G0kNX5zU4fcC&pg=PA322|year=1854|publisher=A. Hall. Virtue, & Company|pages=322–}}</ref> In order to raise soldiers, he armed not only slaves, but also criminals. He was the only dictator to serve a term simultaneously with another dictator, [[Marcus Fabius Buteo|M. Fabius Buteo]], who was appointed later that year to deal with constitutional matters in Rome. |
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Marcus Junius Pera was a Roman politician during the Second Punic War. He was a consul in 230 BC and a censor with Gaius Claudius Centho in 225 BC. He was appointed dictator in 216 BC, rei gerundae causa, for the purpose of repelling Hannibal's Carthaginian forces from Italy.[1] His master of horse (magister equitum) was Sempronius Gracchus.[2][3] In order to raise soldiers, he armed not only slaves, but also criminals. He was the only dictator to serve a term simultaneously with another dictator, M. Fabius Buteo, who was appointed later that year to deal with constitutional matters in Rome.
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References
- ^ Matthew Dillon; Lynda Garland (28 October 2013). Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook. Routledge. pp. 210–. ISBN 978-1-136-76136-2.
- ^ Liv. 22.57
- ^ Jane Margaret Strickland (1854). Rome, Regal and Republican: A Family History of Rome. A. Hall. Virtue, & Company. pp. 322–.
- Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, XXII.lvii and XXIII.xxiii.