Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (Consul 148 BC)
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus was a in the 2nd century BC. Living politician of the Roman Republic . 148 BC He held the consulate .
Life
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, whose father and grandfather, according to the Fasti Capitolini, used the prenomen Gaius , probably originally came from the little-known gene Caesonia and through adoption became a member of the more important plebeian family of the Calpurnians . Perhaps his adoptive father was the consul who died in office from 180 BC. Chr. His descendants still bore the cognomen Caesoninus .
Piso is first attested for the year 154 BC. In which he served as praetor and received the province of Hispania ulterior . There he suffered a defeat against the Lusitans . He reached the highest state office in 148 BC. Together with Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus . At that time Rome was waging the Third Punic War against Carthage . Piso was the commander of the Roman land forces in Africa, but his warfare was criticized for being too weak. In his attempt to conquer various Carthaginian places, he was also beaten several times. The next year the more successful Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus took his place.
Nothing is known about Piso's further life. He was probably the father of the consul of the same name from 112 BC. Chr.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Calpurnius 87). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 1386 f.
Remarks
- ^ Appian , Iberica 56.
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 148 BC Chr .; Iulius Obsequens 19; among others
- ↑ Appian, Libyca 110ff .; Zonaras 9, 29.
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| SURNAME | Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piso Caesoninus, Lucius Calpurnius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 148 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 148 BC Chr. |