Pera
2. M. Junius Pera, D. F. D. N., son of the preceding, was consul B. C. 230 with M. Asemilius Barbula, censor B. C. 225 with C. Claudius Centho, and dictator B. C. 216 after the fatal battle of Cannae. In order to raise soldiers he armed not only slaves, but even criminals. (Fasti Capit.; Liv. 22.57. 59, 23.14.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.