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Portrait of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58)

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58)

Consul in 58 BCE. Father-in-law of Caesar through Calpurnia

🏛️ Career

  1. 70 BCE
    (aged 31)
    Quaestor

    MT: No further comments in MRR2

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Cic. Pis. 2.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    A. Gabinius (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 61 BCE (Praetor) , 58 BCE (Consul)

    C. Octavius (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.714, final 0.714): 64 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger (pr. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54) (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 61 BCE (Aedile) , 58 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Plaetorius Cestianus (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 70 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 64 BCE
    (aged 37)
    Aedile ·curule

    Broughton: Cic. Pis. 1-2, where he compares the careers of Piso and himself.

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Cic. Pis. 1-2,
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    A. Gabinius (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 61 BCE (Praetor) , 58 BCE (Consul)

    C. Octavius (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.714, final 0.714): 64 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger (pr. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54) (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 61 BCE (Aedile) , 58 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Plaetorius Cestianus (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 70 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Praetor)

  3. 61 BCE
    (aged 40)
    Praetor

    Broughton: This is the latest date possible under the Cornelian law

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Cic. Pis. 2, date uncertain
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    A. Gabinius (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 61 BCE (Praetor) , 58 BCE (Consul)

    C. Octavius (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.714, final 0.714): 64 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger (pr. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54) (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 61 BCE (Aedile) , 58 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Plaetorius Cestianus (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 70 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Praetor)

  4. 58 BCE
    (aged 43)
    Consul ·Macedonia · Co-consul: A. Gabinius

    Broughton: Despite Piso's initial compliments to Cicero (a), he and his colleague actively supported the Tribune Clodius (b). Under one of the laws of Clodius Piso received the province of Macedonia (c), while under another law Gabinius was assigned first Cilicia and then Syria (d). Piso also took action against the Egyptian cults in Rome (e), and removed an old sacellum (f) of Diana on the Caelian hill.

    Sources (7)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.756, 919, 920, 963, 2500, 2512; Caes. BG 1.6.4; Ascon. 8 and 46 C; Plut. Pomp. 48.3; Cat. Min. 33.4; App. BC 2.14; Die 38, Index, 9.1, and 13.2; Chr. 354 (Calsoniano et Cavonio); Fast. Hyd. (Pisone et Gabinio); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod.; and on Piso, CIL 12.1.2512; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f.; Plut. Caes. 14.4-5. See Degrassi 56f., 131, 492f.
      • (a) Cic. Pis. 11; P. Red. in Sen. 17; P. Red. ad Quir. 11; cf. Sest. 20; Schol. Bob. 108 Stangl
      • (b) Cic. Sest. 18 and 24-25 and 32-33 and 53-55 and 69-70; P. Red. in Sen. 10-18 and 31-32; P. Red. ad Quir. 13-14; Pis. 8 and 13-23 and 48 and 72 and 77; Dom. 55 and 62 and 66 and 70 and 124; Planc. 86-87; Ascon. 7 C, on Piso, and 9; Plut. Cic. 31; Dio 38.16; and on Gabinius, Cic. Fam. 11.16.2; 12.29.1; Plut. Pomp. 49.2; Dio 38.30.2; Schol. Bob. 127f. Stangl
      • (c) Cic. P. Red. in Sen. 10 and 18 and 32; P. Red. ad Quir. 11 and 13 and 21; Sest. 24-25 and 31 and 44 and 53-55 and 71; Pis. 28 and 37 and 56-57; Har. Resp. 58; Dom. 23-24 and 55 and 60 and 66 and 70 and 93; Prov. Cons. 2-8: Plut. Cic. 30.1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 81.4; Schol. Bob. 168 Stangl
      • (d) Cic. P. Red. in Sen. 10 and 18 and 32; P. Red. ad Quir. 11 and 13 and 2 1; Dom. 23 and 55 and 60 and 70 and 124; Sest. 24-25 and 44 and 53-55 and 67-73; Prov. Cons. 3-9 and 17; Pis. 28 and 31 and 37 and 49 and 56-57; Rab. Post. 20; Plut. Cic. 30.1; App. Syr. 51; cf. Cic. Att. 3.22.1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 81.4; and on the exchange of Cilicia for Syria, Cic. Sest. 55; Dom. 23 and 70
      • (e) Varro in Tertull. Apol. 6; Nat. 1.10; Arnob. 2.73
      • (f) Cic. Har. Resp. 32
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    A. Gabinius (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 61 BCE (Praetor) , 58 BCE (Consul)

    C. Octavius (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.714, final 0.714): 64 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger (pr. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54) (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 61 BCE (Aedile) , 58 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Plaetorius Cestianus (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 70 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

No family relations recorded.