Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (Consul 58 BC)

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Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus , a politician of the late Roman Republic , was the father-in-law of Caesar and the father of Lucius Calpurnius Piso pontiff .

As consul 58 BC He made an agreement with his colleague Aulus Gabinius and the tribune Publius Clodius Pulcher with the aim of getting Cicero out of the way. Piso's reward was the province of Macedonia , which he owned from 57 BC. Until the beginning of 55 BC. Was recalled - perhaps due to the attack directed against him by Cicero in the Senate in the speech De provinciis consularibus .

After his defense speech, Cicero responded with the coarse and exaggerated vilification known as In L. Calpurnium Pisonem . Piso made an invective speech in reply, and at this point things stalled because Cicero was reluctant to bring Caesar's father-in-law to justice. Piso was born in 50 BC. Together with Appius Claudius Pulcher censor .

When the civil war broke out in 49 BC Piso offered himself as a mediator, but left the city in protest against Caesar's march on Rome. However, he did not declare himself in favor of Pompey , but remained neutral without forfeiting Caesar's respect. After Caesar's assassination, he insisted on the fulfillment of his last will and for a time opposed Mark Antony . Later, however, he became his supporter and is then mentioned as a member of the delegation that traveled to the field camp of Mark Antony in Mutina to bring about an arbitration.

Piso was interested in philosophy; he was a follower of Epicureanism . The Epicurean Philodemus of Gadara stayed with him. Piso may have been the owner of the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum .

Catullus wrote two invective poems, carmen 28 and 47, which are directed against Piso and his provincial administration in Macedonia.

literature

  • Catherine J. Castner: Prosopography of Roman Epicureans from the Second Century BC to the Second Century AD 2nd edition, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-8204-9933-4 , pp. 16-23
  • Iris Hofmann-Löbl: The Calpurnii. Political activity and family continuity (= European university publications. Series 3: History and its auxiliary sciences 705). Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1996, ISBN 3-631-49668-0 , pp. 157-186 (also dissertation University of Gießen 1994).
  • Karl-Ludwig Elvers: Calpurnius I 19. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X ..
  • Yasmina Benferhat: Piso (L. Calpurnius Caesoninus) . In: Richard Goulet (Ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques , Vol. 5, Part 1, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-271-07335-8 , pp. 623–627.
  • Friedrich Münzer : Calpurnius 90 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Sp. 1387-1390.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Yasmina Benferhat: Piso (L. Calpurnius Caesoninus) . In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques , Vol. 5, Part 1, Paris 2012, pp. 623–627, here: 626f.
personal data
SURNAME Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Piso Caesoninus, Lucius Calpurnius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 44 BC Chr.