Calpurnius Pīsō Caesōnīnus, Lūcius Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
... Pīsō Caesōnīnus, Lūcius , 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. His administration there ( 57–55 ) was attacked by Cicero in two speeches. He was censor ( 50 ) and remained neutral in the Civil War, which he did his best to prevent. After Caesar's death he again tried to prevent civil war (against Marcus Antonius ), but died...
Calpurnius (RE 90) Piso Caesoninus, Lucius Reference library
Ernst Badian
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
... ( RE 90) Piso Caesoninus, Lucius , in his youth probably served in Greece and rapidly rose to the consulate, which he held in 58 bc (with A. Gabinius (2) ) after marrying his daughter to Caesar (consul 59 ). He refused to support Cicero against P. Clodius Pulcher , and as a reward was given the province of Macedonia by a law of Clodius. His administration there ( 57–55 ) was attacked by Cicero in two speeches ( Prov. cons. and, after his return, Pis. ). He was censor ( 50 ) and remained neutral in the Civil War, which he did his best to...
Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Lucius
Calpurnius Piso, Lucius
Valerius Flaccus, Lucius
Calpurnia
Iulius Caesar, Gaius
Aulus Gabinius
Philodemus
Clodius Pulcher, Publius
Martial
Pīso Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)
... 1. Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesonī'nus Roman consul in 58 bc ; his daughter Calpurnia married Julius Caesar . He refused to support Cicero against Clodius , and was rewarded by the latter with the governorship of the province of Macedonia. His administration there ( 57–55 ) was attacked by Cicero in two speeches, De provinciis consularibus and In Pisonem ( see Cicero (1) 4 ). After Caesar's assassination in 44 bc he tried to prevent civil war, but died within a short time. He was an Epicurean and a friend and disciple of the Greek Epicurean...
Calpurnia Quick reference
Guy Edward Farquhar Chilver and Robin J. Seager
Who's Who in the Classical World
... (1), daughter of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus , married Julius Caesar in 59 bc , cementing an alliance between her husband and father. Though Caesar was prepared to divorce her to marry Pompey 's daughter in 53 , her affection for him was great, and she attempted to keep him from the senate on the Ides of March (Plut. Caes. 63). After the murder she handed his papers and 4,000 talents to Mark Antony . Guy Edward Farquhar Chilver ; Robin J....
Calpurnius (RE 99) Piso (2), Lucius Reference library
Ronald Syme and Robin J. Seager
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
... ( RE 99) Piso (2), Lucius (consul 15 bc ) was called ‘the pontifex’ to distinguish him from ‘the augur’, L. Calpurnius Piso (1) . Born in 48 , son of L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus , Piso inherited a prudent nature and philhellenic tastes: he was the patron of the poet Antipater (5) of Thessalonica. According to Porphyrio on Horace, Ars P. 1, that poem was dedicated to the sons of Piso. The cognomen ‘Frugi’ often attached to this Piso derived from two errors in the ancient evidence; and, as concerns the Ars P. , it is not possible to...
Valerius (RE 179) Flaccus (4), Lucius Reference library
Ernst Badian
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
...Lucius , son of (3), served under his father and on the latter's death fled to his uncle C. Flaccus in Gaul. He was military tribune under P. Servilius Vatia Isauricus in Cilicia, quaestor in Spain under M. Pupius Piso , legate of Q. Caecilius Metellus (Creticus) in Crete, then under Pompey in Asia. As urban praetor ( 63 bc ), he assisted Cicero against Catiline and, after governing Asia ( 62–61 ), was successfully defended by him repetundarum in a largely extant speech ( 59 ). He was legate ( see legati ) of L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus in...
Philodemus Quick reference
Piero Treves and Dirk Obbink
Who's Who in the Classical World
...he came to Rome c. 75 bc and eventually enjoyed the favour and powerful friendship of the Pisones. One of them, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (consul 58), was especially attached to him and was perhaps the owner of the magnificent villa at Herculaneum. Cicero 's somewhat ironical praise of Philodemus ( Pis. 28. 68 ff.) shows that he was already well known to a Roman audience for his poetry in 55 bc . His connections with Piso brought Philodemus the opportunity of influencing the brilliant young students of Greek literature and philosophy who...
Clodius Pulcher, Publius Reference library
Guy Edward Farquhar Chilver and Andrew William Lintott
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization (2 ed.)
...from Rome, but in the event he was elected tribune for 58. His measures included free corn for the plebs , restoration of collegia (private clubs), repeal or modification of the leges Aelia et Fufia , grant of new provinces to the consuls Aulus Gabinius and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, a bill exiling those who had condemned Roman citizens to death without popular sanction, a bill confirming the exile of Cicero (who departed in late March), the dispatch of Cato the Younger to Cyprus , and grant of title of king and control of Pessinus (central ...
Clodius Quick reference
Guy Edward Farquhar Chilver and Andrew William Lintott
Who's Who in the Classical World
...event he was elected tribune for 58 . His measures included free corn for the plebs , restoration of collegia (private clubs), repeal or modification of certain legislation (the Leges Aelia et Fufia ), grant of new provinces to the consuls Aulus Gabinius and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, a bill exiling those who had condemned Roman citizens to death without popular sanction, a bill confirming the exile of Cicero (who departed in late March), the dispatch of Cato the Younger to Cyprus, and grant of title of king and control of Pessinus to...
Philodemus of Gadara (c.110–c.35bce) Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
...Umm Qays, Jordan), Philodemus became a student of Zeno of Sidon ( c.150–72 ), head of the Epicurean school in Athens. In the 70s Philodemus went to Italy, joining the retinue of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Caesar's father-in-law, with whom—according to Cicero's invective against Piso ( 55 bce )—Philodemus lived as his constant companion. To a young relation of Piso's Philodemus dedicated his book On the Good King according to Homer , which discusses examples of good kingship found in Homer; the fourth book of Philodemus’ On Rhetoric is...
Julius Caesar Quick reference
Ernst Badian
Who's Who in the Classical World
... Pompey and Crassus , satisfied (especially) with his assuming the onus for his methods, now joined him in an open alliance (sometimes erroneously called the ‘First Triumvirate’). Pompey married Julia and Caesar married Calpurnia (1) , whose father, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus , was made consul 58 , with Pompey's aide Gabinius as colleague. For further insurance, Clodius was allowed to become a plebeian and tribune 58 . Caesar's reward was a law of Vatinius, giving him Illyricum and Cisalpine Gaul for five years. The senate...
