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1) Piso. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Piso, (pi´so) (KEY) , distinguished family of the ancient Roman gens Calpurnia. One of the best-known members was Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, d. after 43 B.C.,...

2) Calpurnia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(kalpur´ne) (KEY) , d. after 44 B.C., Roman matron. The daughter of Lucius Calpurnicus Piso Caesoninus (see under Piso, family), she was married to Julius Caesar...

3) Germanicus Caesar. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...to Egypt, Germanicus died suddenly, supposedly of poison at the hand of Cneius Calpurnius Piso, governor of Syria. Germanicus was the brother of the Emperor Claudius...

4) Nero. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...it and began the first Roman persecution. In A.D. 65 there was a plot to make Caius Calpurnius Piso emperor. The detection of this plot began a string of violent...

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