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Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (101 BC – c. 43 BC) was a Roman senator and the father-in-law of Julius Caesar through his daughter Calpurnia. He was reportedly a follower of a school of Epicureanism that had been modified to befit politicians, as Epicureanism itself favoured withdrawal from politics. [3]
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (48 BC – AD 32) was a prominent Roman senator of the early Empire. His tenure as pontifex led him sometimes to be called Lucius Calpurnius Piso Pontifex, to differentiate him from his contemporary, Lucius Calpurnius Piso the Augur, consul in 1 BC.
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Bust of Lucius Calpurnius Piso, consul in 15 BC. Found at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, and now at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. The gens Calpurnia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which first appears in history during the third century BC.
Overview. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Lucius. Quick Reference. Rapidly rose to the consulship, which he held in 58 bc (with Gabinius ) after marrying his daughter to Caesar (consul 59). He refused to support Cicero against Clodius Pulcher, and as a reward was given the province of Macedonia by a law of Clodius.
Then, in the year 101 B.C., I, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, took root into this world (Ancient Worlds). I was born into this family, yet instead of rising into the Roman political machine using the accomplishments of my lineage, I began the journey from the bottom, the plebian stages.
- Alexander Plochocki
- 2010
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus was a Roman senator and the father-in-law of Julius Caesar through his daughter Calpurnia. He was reportedly a follower of a school of Epicureanism that had been modified to befit politicians, as Epicureanism itself favoured withdrawal from politics.
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, in his youth probably served in Greece and rapidly rose to the consulate, which he held in 58 bce (with A. *Gabinius (2)) after marrying his daughter to *Caesar (consul 59).
