Lucius Calpurnius Piso was a Roman

Roman Empire

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 statesman of the 1st century. He was the grandson and son of men who had made huge fortunes from selling armaments which were used by the Roman legions. Piso was a close relative of Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

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. His mother and Caesar's mother, Aurelia Cotta

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, were Rutilias of the same family. Piso's
father was also named Lucius Piso. The father is noted for creating a law dealing with extortion and embezzlement.

Piso was a tall, swarthy man with huge bristling black eyebrows. He served as an urban praetor

Praetor

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. When he was serving as a praetor in Spain

Spain

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Piso was killed while practicing his exercises in arms.
He was murdered by a peasant who refused to disclose his accomplices, even though he was tortured on a rack.