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The gens Calpurnia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which first appears in history during the third century BC. The first of the gens to obtain the consulship was Gaius Calpurnius Piso in 180 BC, but from this time their consulships were very frequent, and the family of the Pisones became one of the most illustrious in the Roman state.
Calpurnia was either the third or fourth wife of Julius Caesar, and the one to whom he was married at the time of his assassination.According to contemporary sources, she was a good and faithful wife, in spite of her husband's infidelity; and, forewarned of the attempt on his life, she endeavored in vain to prevent his murder.
Calpurnia, a 2018 play by Audrey Dwyer; Calpurnia, African-American cook and maid for the Finch family in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird; Shira Calpurnia, protagonist of three Warhammer 40,000 novels, see List of Warhammer 40,000 novels#Enforcer: Shira Calpurnia; Calpurnia Virginia Tate, protagonist of the novel The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Cultural depictions of Calpurnia (wife of Caesar) (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Calpurnia (wife of Caesar)" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (101 BC [1] – c. 43 BC) was a Roman senator and the father-in-law of Julius Caesar [2] through his daughter Calpurnia.He was reportedly a follower of a school of Epicureanism that had been modified to befit politicians, as Epicureanism itself favoured withdrawal from politics. [3]
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus was a member of the plebeian Calpurnia gens.His cognomen is not previously attested within the gens [3] so he appears to have been the first of the name to reach curule office, but it is unlikely he was a novus homo, based on the connections he had. [4]
Calpurnius Fabatus was an Ancient Roman nobleman of the 1st century AD from the gens Calpurnia. He was grandfather to Calpurnia, wife of the Pliny the Younger, [1] who addressed several letters to Fabatus. [2] He possessed a country house, Villa Camilliana, in Campania. [3]
gens Calpurnia Gaius Calpurnius Piso (died AD 65) was a Roman senator in the first century. He was the focal figure in the Pisonian conspiracy of AD 65, the most famous and wide-ranging plot against the throne of Emperor Nero .