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Gaius Calpurnius Piso
Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso was a Roman senator in the 1st century. He was the focal figure in the Pisonian conspiracy of 65 AD, the most famous and wide-ranging plot against the throne of Emperor Nero.
==Character and early life==
Piso was extremely well liked throughout Rome. Through his father he inherited connections with many distinguished families, and from his mother great wealth. Piso came from the ancient and noble house of Calpurnii〔Bunson, Matthew. "Piso, Gaius Calpurnicus." ''Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire''. New York: Facts on File, 1994〕 and he distributed his great wealth among many beneficiaries of all Roman social classes. Among a wide range of interests, Piso sang on the tragic stage, wrote poetry, played an expert game of draughts, and owned a villa at Baiae.〔Rogers, Robert Samuel. "Heirs and Rivals to Nero." ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philogical Association'', Vol. 86. 1955, pp. 190-212〕 He was the son of the consul, Lucius Calpurnius Piso and his wife Licinia, daughter of consul Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives and sister of Roman Senator, Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi.
Piso was tall, good-looking, affable, and an excellent orator and advocate in the courts. Despite these facts Piso's overall integrity was questionable. According to Tacitus, Piso used his eloquence to defend his fellow citizens and was generous and gracious in speech, but lacked earnestness and was overly ostentatious, while craving the sensual.〔 In 40 AD, the emperor Caligula banished Piso from Rome after he took a fancy to Piso’s wife. Caligula forced Piso's wife to leave him, and then accused Piso of adultery with her in order to establish cause for banishment.〔Hazel, John. "Piso, 1." ''Who's Who in the Roman World''. London: Routledge, 2001.〕 Piso would return to Rome one year later after Caligula’s assassination.
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