Piso
Encyclopedia
The Piso family of ancient Rome
was a prominent plebeian branch of the gens Calpurnia
, descended from Calpus the son of Numa Pompilius
. with at least 50 prominent Roman
family members recognized. Members are known into the 2nd century.
Notable members:
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
was a prominent plebeian branch of the gens Calpurnia
Gens Calpurnia
The gens Calpurnia was a plebeian family at Rome, which appears in history during the 3rd century BC. The first of the gens to obtain the consulship was Gaius Calpurnius Piso in 180 BC, but from this time their consulships were very frequent, and the family of the Pisones became one of the most...
, descended from Calpus the son of Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius was the legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. What tales are descended to us about him come from Valerius Antias, an author from the early part of the 1st century BC known through limited mentions of later authors , Dionysius of Halicarnassus circa 60BC-...
. with at least 50 prominent Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
family members recognized. Members are known into the 2nd century.
Notable members:
- Gaius Calpurnius Piso (praetor 211 BC)Gaius Calpurnius Piso (praetor 211 BC)Gaius Calpurnius Piso was a Roman praetor and promagistrate.-Biography:He was taken prisoner at Battle of Cannae and, with two others, was sent to Rome to negotiate the release of his fellow prisoners. However, the Senate refused to entertain the proposition. In 211 BC, he was made urban praetor...
- Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul 175)
- Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi (consul 133 BC)Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi (consul 133 BC)Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi was a Roman consul in 133 BC, historian and representative of older Roman annalists. He was of plebeian origin....
- Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (consul 112 BC)Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (consul 112 BC)Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus was the son of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, consul in 148 BC.He was consul in 112 BC, with Marcus Livius Drusus...
- Gaius Calpurnius Piso (consul 111)
- Gaius Calpurnius Piso (consul 67 BC)
- Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi CalpurnianusMarcus Pupius Piso Frugi CalpurnianusMarcus Pupius Piso Frugi Calpurnianus belonged originally to the gens Calpurnia, but was adopted by Marcus Pupius, when the latter was an old man. He retained, however, his family-name Piso.Piso had attained some importance as early as the first civil war...
- consul 61 BC - Lucius Calpurnius Piso CaesoninusLucius Calpurnius Piso CaesoninusLucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus was a statesman of ancient Rome and the father-in-law of Julius Caesar through his daughter Calpurnia Pisonis...
- consul 58 BC, father-in-law of Julius Caesar - Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul 27)Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul 27)Lucius Calpurnius Piso was the son of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso and an unnamed Roman woman. He married Licinia, who was daughter of Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives . Lucius was consul in 27 BC. His co-consul was his brother-in-law Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi. Lucius died in an unknown year after his...
- Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul 15 BC)Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul 15 BC)Lucius Calpurnius L. f. L. n. Piso Caesoninus was a prominent Roman senator of the early principate. He was the son of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus and brother of Calpurnia Pisonis, wife of Julius Caesar. He became a confidante of the emperors Augustus and Tiberius...
, pontifex - Gnaeus Calpurnius PisoGnaeus Calpurnius PisoGnaeus Calpurnius Piso , Roman statesman, was consul in 7 BC; subsequently, he was governor of Hispania and proconsul of Africa.In AD 17 Tiberius appointed him governor of Syria...
, consul 7 BC, was charged of being involved in the death of GermanicusGermanicusGermanicus Julius Caesar , commonly known as Germanicus, was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and a prominent general of the early Roman Empire. He was born in Rome, Italia, and was named either Nero Claudius Drusus after his father or Tiberius Claudius Nero after his uncle... - Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul 1 BC), augur
- Gaius Calpurnius PisoGaius Calpurnius PisoGnaeus Calpurnius Piso was a Roman senator in the 1st century. He was the focal figure in the Pisonian Conspiracy of 65 AD, the most famous and wide-ranging plot against the throne of Emperor Nero.-Character and early life:...
, senator, leader of the Pisonian conspiracyPisonian conspiracyThe conspiracy of Gaius Calpurnius Piso in AD 65 represented one of the major turning points in the reign of the Roman emperor Nero...
in AD 65. - Lucius Calpurnius Piso LicinianusLucius Calpurnius Piso LicinianusLucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus was a Roman nobleman who lived in the 1st century. Licinianus was one among the sons of consul of 27 Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi and Scribonia....
- briefly deputy emperor of GalbaGalbaGalba , was Roman Emperor for seven months from 68 to 69. Galba was the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, and made a bid for the throne during the rebellion of Julius Vindex...
for five days in 69. - Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, usurper against GallienusGallienusGallienus was Roman Emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260, and alone from 260 to 268. He took control of the Empire at a time when it was undergoing great crisis...
and ValensValensValens was the Eastern Roman Emperor from 364 to 378. He was given the eastern half of the empire by his brother Valentinian I after the latter's accession to the throne...
in 261. His existence is unclear. - Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (quaestor)