Lucius Calpurnius Piso

He was born Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso and was son of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (consul 7 BC), but after his father's death had to take the name Lucius Calpurnius Piso. He was a member of the gens Calpurnia, one of Rome's most distinguished senatorial families, and specifically was among the Calpurnii Pisones. His wife was Licinia, daughter of the consul Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi. Their son was Gaius Calpurnius Piso who was the focal figure in the Pisonian conspiracy of AD 65, the most famous and wide-ranging plot against Emperor Nero, and who was ordered to commit suicide. References