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The gens Calpurnia was a

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family at

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, which first appears in history during the third century BC. The first of the

gens In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; : gentes ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same ''nomen gentilicium'' and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens, sometimes identified by a distinct cognomen, was cal ...

to obtain the

consulship The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum''an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspire ...

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. Two important pieces of Republican legislation, the '' lex Calpurnia'' of 149 BC and '' lex Acilia Calpurnia'' of 67 BC were passed by members of the gens.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. I, p. 582 ("

Calpurnia Gens The gens Calpurnia was a plebs, plebeian family at ancient Rome, which first appears in history during the third century BC. The first of the gens to obtain the Roman consul, consulship was Gaius Calpurnius Piso (consul 180 BC), Gaius Calpurnius ...

").

Origin

The Calpurnii claimed descent from Calpus, the son of

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, the second

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, and accordingly the head of Numa is found on some of the coins of this gens.

Praenomina

The principal

praenomina The praenomen (; plural: praenomina) was a first name chosen by the parents of a Ancient Rome, Roman child. It was first bestowed on the ''dies lustricus'' (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the ...

of the Calpurnii were ''

Lucius Lucius is a masculine given name derived from Lucius (Latin ; ), abbreviated L., one of the small group of common Latin forenames () found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius probably derives from Latin word ( gen. ), meaning "light" (<

Gaius Gaius, sometimes spelled Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen). People * Gaius (biblical figure) (1st century AD) *Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist * Gaius Acilius * Gaius Antonius * Gaius Antonius Hybrida * Gaius Asinius Gal ...

, Marcus'', and '' Gnaeus''. '' Publius'' was not a regular name of the Calpurnia gens during the

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, but was used by the Calpurnii Lanarii.

Branches and cognomina

The family-names of the Calpurnii under the

were ''Bestia, Bibulus, Flamma'', ''Lanarius'', and ''Piso''. ''Piso'' was the name of the greatest family of the Calpurnia gens. Like many other

cognomina A ''cognomen'' (; : ''cognomina''; from ''co-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditar ...

, this name is connected with agriculture, and comes from the verb or , which refers to the pounding or grinding of corn. The family first rose from obscurity during the

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, and from that time it became one of the most distinguished in the Roman state. It preserved its celebrity under the empire, and during the first century was second to the imperial family alone. Many of the Pisones bore this cognomen alone, but others bore the agnomina ''Caesoninus'' and ''Frugi''. Of the other surnames of the Republican Calpurnii, ''Bestia'' refers to a "beast", "an animal without reason". ''Bibulus'' translates as "fond of drinking", or "thirsty", while ''Flamma'' refers to a flame.

Members

Early Calpurnii

* Marcus Calpurnius Flamma, one of the

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s in 258 BC, during the

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, led a daring mission to relieve the army of the consul

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Calpurnii Pisones

* Gaius Calpurnius (C. f.) Piso, praetor ''urbanus'' in 211 BC. * Gaius Calpurnius C. f. C. n. Piso, praetor in 186 BC, and consul in 180, triumphed over the

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and Celtiberi. * Lucius Calpurnius C. f. C. n. Piso Caesoninus, consul in 148 BC. * Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, consul in 139 BC. * Quintus Calpurnius C. f. Piso, consul in 135 BC, sent against

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, but instead of attacking the city, plundered the territory of

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. * Calpurnius Piso, praetor ''circa'' 135, defeated during the

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. * Calpurnius Piso, fought successfully against the

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''circa'' 104 BC. * Lucius Calpurnius L. f. C. n. Piso Caesoninus, consul in 112 BC. * Lucius Calpurnius Piso, quaestor ''circa'' 100 BC, might be the same person as the armourer. * Lucius Calpurnius L. f. L. n. Piso Caesoninus, manufactured arms at Rome during the Social War. * Lucius Calpurnius L. f. L. n. Piso Caesoninus, consul in 58 BC, and father-in-law of

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. * Calpurnia L. f. L. n., the last wife of Caesar. * Lucius Calpurnius L. f. L. n. Piso Caesoninus, consul in 15 BC. * Lucius Calpurnius L. f. L. n. Piso Caesoninus, elder son of the consul of 15 BC. * Lucius Calpurnius Piso (Frugi or Caesoninus),

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in 90 BC, possibly identical with a ''

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'' of that name in

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, whose activity has been dated variously from shortly before 90 to as late as 83. * Lucius Calpurnius L. f. C. n. Piso Frugi, consul in 133 BC. * Lucius Calpurnius L. f. L. n. Piso Frugi, praetor in

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''circa'' 112 BC, where he died in battle. * Lucius Calpurnius L. f. L. n. Piso Frugi, praetor in 74 BC, frustrated some of the schemes of his colleague,

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. * Gaius Calpurnius L. f. L. n. Piso Frugi,

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in 58 BC, married Tullia, the daughter of

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. * Gaius Calpurnius Piso, consul in 67 BC. * Gnaeus Calpurnius Cn.f. Piso, one of

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's conspirators, quaestor in

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in 65 BC. He was murdered by mutinous Spanish horsemen. * Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi, originally one of the Calpurnii, adopted by Marcus Pupius. * Gnaeus Calpurnius Cn. f. C. n. Piso, a partisan of Pompeius, and subsequently of

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and Cassius; subsequently pardoned, and made consul in 23 BC. * Gnaeus Calpurnius Cn. f. Cn. n. Piso, consul in 7 BC, accused of murdering

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. * Lucius Calpurnius Cn. f. Cn. n. Piso 'augur', consul in 1 BC. * Lucius Calpurnius Piso, accused of plotting against the life of

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in AD 24. * Lucius Calpurnius Piso, praetor in

in AD 25. * Lucius Calpurnius Cn. f. Cn. n. Piso, consul in AD 27. * Marcus Calpurnius Cn. f. Cn. n. Piso, the younger son of the consul of 7 BC, was accused with his father, but pardoned by Tiberius. * Gaius Calpurnius Piso, consul in AD 41 with the emperor

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, and the instigator of the

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against

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in AD 65. * Lucius Calpurnius L. f. Cn. n. Piso, consul in AD 57 with the emperor Nero. *

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, named heir by the emperor

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, and murdered on the orders of

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in AD 69. * Calpurnius C. f. Piso Galerianus, son of the consul of AD 41, was murdered by Gaius Licinius Mucianus, a supporter of

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. *

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, consul in AD 87. Exiled to Tarentum for conspiring against the emperor

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; exiled again for conspiring against Trajan; murdered early in the reign of Hadrian. * Gaius Calpurnius Piso, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 97. * Gaius Calpurnius Piso, consul in AD 111. * Lucius Calpurnius Piso, consul in AD 175, during the reign of

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. * Piso "Frugi", a third-century general, described as an usurper by the ''

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''. In AD 261 he was sent by

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, one of Valerian's lieutenants, to deal with

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, the governor of

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under

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. Piso halted his troops in

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, and proclaimed himself emperor, but he was slain the same year, and his revolt put down by Valens.

Calpurnii Lanarii

* Publius Calpurnius, in 133 BC, was perhaps the father of Lanarius, since the name Publius appears in no other branch of the gens. * Calpurnius (P. f.) Lanarius, an officer during the war against

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in 81 BC, he defeated and killed Sertorius' legate, Lucius Julius Salinator, in the

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. Under whom he served is unclear; he may have initially been a partisan of Sertorius, making his battle against Salinator an act of betrayal. * Publius Calpurnius (P. f.) Lanarius, the purchaser of a house from a certain Claudius Centumalus. He might be the same man who fought against Sertorius.

Calpurnii Bestiae

* Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, consul in 111 BC, prosecuted the

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, at first with much vigor, but through the payment of a substantial sum of money he was induced to conclude a peace. He or his son was exiled under the Varian law in 90 BC. * Lucius Calpurnius L. f. Bestia, son of the Lucius Calpurnius Bestia who was consul in 111 BC. He may have been the Bestia who went into exile when threatened with prosecution under the '' lex Varia'' in 90 BC.Syme, ''Approaching the Roman Revolution'', p. 135. * Calpurnia L. f., the wife of Publius Antistius, and mother-in-law of

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. Upon her husband's murder, she stabbed herself in the chest. * Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, a supporter of Catilina, became tribune of the plebs in 62 BC, following the failure of the conspiracy. He attacked Cicero for his actions as consul. * Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, aedile in 57 BC, was a candidate for the praetorship. The following year, Cicero successfully defended him on a charge of electoral bribery. He later went into exile, but regained his status and became a follower of

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. * Lucius Sempronius L. f. L. n. Atratinus, consul in 34 BC, was the natural son of a Calpurnius Bestia. His father was probably the Lucius Calpurnius Bestia who was aedile in 57 BC. His mother may have been a Sempronia.

Calpurnii Bibuli

* Gaius Calpurnius (Bibulus), father of the consul Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus.Calpurnius
Strachan stemma. * Marcus Calpurnius C. f. Bibulus, consul in 59 BC, was an opponent of Caesar, and a partisan of Pompeius during the

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. * Marcus Calpurnius M. f. C. n. Bibulus, eldest son of the consul Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, was killed in

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in 50 BC by the soldiers of Aulus Gabinius.Caesar, ''De Bello Civili'', iii. 110.Valerius Maximus, iv. 1. § 15. * Gaius Calpurnius M. f. C. n. Bibulus, the second son of the consul Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, was also killed by the Gabiniani in Egypt in 50 BC. * Lucius Calpurnius M. f. C. n. Bibulus, the third son of the consul Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, was appointed governor of

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. * Calpurnia M. f. C. n., daughter of the consul Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, * (Gaius) Calpurnius M. f. C. n. Bibulus, the fourth son of the consul Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, and the only attested son by his second wife, Porcia, became the stepson of

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upon her remarriage. * Gaius (Calpurnius) Bibulus, aedile in AD 22, may have been the son of Gaius Calpurnius Bibulus, Brutus' stepson. * (Calpurnia) Domitia Calvina, daughter of Lucius and Domitia Calvina, was the mother of Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus, consul in AD 19.Syme, "M. Bibulus and Four Sons".

Others

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* Lucius Calpurnius, sent as ambassador to the Achaians at

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in 198 BC. * Calpurnius, a praetorian senator around 90 BC, may be identical with Publius, the ''monetalis'' in 133. * Calpurnius, standard-bearer of the first legion in

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at the accession of Tiberius in AD 14, he prevented the soldiers of

from murdering Munatius Plancus, the envoy of the

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. * Gaius Calpurnius Aviola, consul in AD 24, perhaps one of the Pisones. * Calpurnius Salvianus, accused Sextus Marius in AD 25, but was rebuked by Tiberius and banished by the senate. * Calpurnia, a favorite concubine of the emperor

, despatched by Narcissus to inform the emperor of the marriage of Messalina and Gaius Silius. * Calpurnia, a woman of high rank, exiled due to the jealousy of Agrippina, the wife of Claudius, but recalled by Nero in AD 60, after Agrippina's murder. *

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, an eques accused of various crimes during the reign of Nero; he was grandfather of Calpurnia, the third wife of

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. * Calpurnia, the third wife of Pliny the Younger. * Calpurnius Asprenas, appointed governor of

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and

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by the emperor

, induced the partisans of the false Nero to put the usurper to death. * Marcus Calpurnius ..cus, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 96. * Calpurnius Flaccus, a rhetorician in the time of

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. * Marcus Calpurnius Rufus, the father of Longus, the consul of 144. * Lucius Marcius Celer Marcus Calpurnius M. f. Longus, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 144. This family was from Attaleia.Eck, "L. Marcius Celer M. Calpurnius Longus".Camodeca, "Una nuova coppia di consoli del 148". *

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, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 154, and subsequently governor of

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and

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. In the late 160s, he was imperial legate in

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, and governor of

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. * Gaius Calpurnius Rufinus, a third-century senator who constructed the Sanctuary of Panoias, dedicated to

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and other divinities of the underworld, now in

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, Portugal. *

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, a poet, who probably flourished in the latter half of the third century. * Calpurnius, a fourth century

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deacon, and the father of St. Patrick.

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'', ''In Pisonem'', ''

In Verrem "''In Verrem''" ("Against Verres") is a series of speeches made by Cicero in 70 BC, during the corruption and extortion trial of Gaius Verres, the former governor of Sicily. The speeches, which were concurrent with Cicero's election to the aedil ...

'', ''

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' ''On the Meaning of Words''). *

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'' (Augustan History). * Julius Obsequens, ''Liber de Prodigiis'' (The Book of Prodigies). *

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''et alii'', ''

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'' (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated ''CIL''), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present). * René Cagnat ''et alii'', ''

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'' (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated ''AE''), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present). *

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, ''et alii'', ''

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Missing Senators
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