Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul 57)
| Lucius Calpurnius Piso | |
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| Consul of the Roman Republic | |
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In office January 57 – June 57 Serving with Nero |
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| Preceded by | Lucius Duvius Avitus and Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus |
| Succeeded by | Nero and L. Caesius Martialis |
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| Born | Unknown |
| Died | 69 Carthage |
| Spouse(s) | Licinia Magna |
| Children | Calpurnia |
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 Roman Empire
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Lucius Calpurnius Piso (died 70) was a Roman senator active in the first century AD. During the Year of Four Emperors he was governor of Africa and supported Vitellius. After the death of Vitellius he was killed by supporters of Vespasian.
Piso was the son of Lucius Calpurnius Piso, who had been forced to change his praenomen from Gnaeus to Lucius due to his father's involvement in a conspiracy against Tiberius. The life of the younger Piso is not well known prior to his accession to consul in 57 as the colleague of Emperor Nero.
Tacitus records an incident in the previous year where a conflict arose between the praetor Vibullius and Antistius Sosianus, the plebeian tribune, over whether to keep imprisoned some disorderly audience members; the Senate ruled against Antistius, and Piso went further and proposed that tribunes would no longer be permitted to try cases in their own houses.
He served as curator aquarum for Rome 60–63. In the year 62 the emperor Nero appointed Piso, along with Aulus Ducenius Geminus and Aulus Pompeius Paulinus, to a commission to manage the public revenues. Then in AD 69, he was picked by the sortition to be proconsul of Africa.
He was a member of the Arval Brethren; although it not known when he was co-opted into the collegia, Piso is recorded attending the meetings in the years 57, 58, 59, 60 and 63.
Piso had a wife, Licinia Magna; their daughter Calpurnia married Calpurnius Galerianus, the son of Gaius Calpurnius Piso.
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