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The conspiracy of Gaius Calpurnius Piso in 65 CE was a major turning point in the reign of the Roman emperor Nero (reign 54–68). The plot reflected the growing discontent among the ruling class of the Roman state with Nero's increasingly despotic leadership , and as a result is a significant event on the road toward his eventual suicide and ...
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 .
Willem Piso by Jan de Baen (1662) "Historia Naturalis Brasiliae" 1648 [1]. Willem Piso (in Dutch Willem Pies, in Latin Gulielmus Piso, [2] also called Guilherme Piso in Portuguese) (1611 in Leiden – 28 November 1678 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch physician and naturalist who participated as an expedition doctor in Dutch Brazil from 1637 – 1644, sponsored by count Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen ...
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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 ]
Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (c. 44/43 BC – AD 20) was a Roman statesman during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius. He served as consul in 7 BC, [1] after which he was appointed governor of Hispania and consul of Africa. Piso is best known for being accused of poisoning and killing Germanicus, the heir of emperor Tiberius.
Piso may refer to: Lake Piso, Liberia; Philippine peso (Filipino: piso), the currency of the Philippines; Piso, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States; PISO algorithm, in computational fluid dynamics; Calpurnius Piso (disambiguation), an ancient Roman family name
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