Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (Consul 112 BC)
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus († 107 BC ) came from the Roman plebeian family of the Calpurnians and was 112 BC. Chr. Consul .
Life
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus was probably a son of the consul of the same name from 148 BC. Nothing is known about the early offices of his cursus honorum . 112 BC He reached the consulate with Marcus Livius Drusus . Probably afterwards as proconsul , but perhaps also during his praetur or his consulate, he was probably governor in Gallia Cisalpina . Upon his return he was charged with alleged extortion.
107 BC Piso took part in the position of a legate in a campaign of the consul Lucius Cassius Longinus , who had received Gallia Narbonensis as a province and was supposed to fight the Cimbri and their allies. The Roman army suffered a heavy defeat against the Helvetian tribe of the Tigurines in the battle of Agen ; Piso and the consul fell in this battle.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Calpurnius 88). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, column 1387.
Remarks
- ↑ CIL I² p. 585; Cassiodorus , Chronicle ; among others
- ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero , de oratore 2, 265 .
- ^ Caesar , Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1, 7, 4 and 1, 12, 7; Orosius 5, 15, 23; Appian , Celtica 3; among others
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SURNAME | Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Lucius |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piso Caesoninus, Lucius Calpurnius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 112 BC Chr. |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 107 BC Chr. |