Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (consul 58 BC)

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Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus
Statue of Piso at the Museo archeologico nazionale di Parma [it]
Born101 BC
Diedc. 43 BC (aged c. 58)
NationalityRoman
Occupation(s)Politician and philosopher
OfficeConsul (58 BC)
Children
RelativesLucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (grandfather)

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (101 BC[1] – c. 43 BC) was a Roman senator and the father-in-law of Julius Caesar[2] 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] Piso was consul in the year 58 BC with Aulus Gabinius as his colleague.[4]

  1. ^ R. Evans, "Candidates and Competition in Consular Elections at Rome Between 218 and 49 BC", Acta Classica, 34 (1991), p. 122
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Piso § Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 652.
  3. ^ For a survey of Roman Epicureans active in politics, see Arnaldo Momigliano, review of Science and Politics in the Ancient World by Benjamin Farrington (London 1939), in Journal of Roman Studies 31 (1941), pp. 151–157.
  4. ^ Ronald Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), p.