Cneius Piso

Also known as: Piso · Family: Roman · Role: conspirator · First appears: Julius Caesar 9

Cneius Piso was an enemy of Julius Caesar and was associated with a conspiracy involving him. After suspicions that mischief was being planned in Rome, Spain was decreed to Piso outside the regular course: “the province of Spain was decreed out of the regular course.” The planned design was frustrated by Piso’s death.

Later, in Syria, Piso served as Tiberius’s lieutenant and was believed to have carried out the murder of Germanicus on Tiberius’s behalf. He was afterwards tried for Germanicus’s murder and condemned to death by the senate. Publius Vitellius (younger), an intimate friend and companion of Germanicus, prosecuted Piso and secured a sentence against him.

Relationship record

Life events

• Spain was decreed to Cneius Piso outside the regular course after suspicions of planned mischief.(Julius Caesar 9 · 📍 Spain)
  • “to whom, upon a suspicion of some mischief being meditated in the city, the province of Spain was decreed out of the regular course.”
• The planned revolt involving Cneius Piso was frustrated by his death.(Julius Caesar 9 · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Julius Caesar
  • “But the execution of this design was frustrated in both quarters by the death of Piso.”
• Tiberius was believed to have arranged Germanicus's murder through Cneius Piso.(Tiberius 52 · 📍 Syria)
  • With: Tiberius Germanicus
  • “It was believed that he took care to have him dispatched by Cneius Piso, his lieutenant in Syria.”
• Cneius Piso was tried for Germanicus's murder.(Tiberius 52)
  • With: Germanicus
  • “This person was afterwards tried for the murder”
• Germanicus was believed to have been killed through Tiberius's contrivance and Cneius Piso's means.(Caligula 2)
  • With: Tiberius Germanicus
  • “It was a prevailing opinion, that he was taken off by the contrivance of Tiberius, and through the means of Cneius Piso.”
• Cneius Piso was condemned to death by the senate.(Caligula 2 · 📍 Rome)
  • “and was condemned to death by the senate.”
• Publius prosecuted Cneius Piso and secured a sentence against him.(Vitellius 2)
  • With: Publius Vitellius (younger) Germanicus
  • “Publius, an intimate friend and companion of Germanicus, prosecuted his enemy and murderer, Cneius Piso, and procured sentence against him.”

Julius Caesar 9

• enemies with Julius Caesar (They were alleged conspirators in a planned revolt and insurrection.) “We have the authority of the same Curio, and of M. Actorius Naso, for his having been likewise concerned in another conspiracy with young Cneius Piso; to whom, upon a suspicion of some mischief being meditated in the city, the province of Spain was decreed out of the regular course.”

Tiberius 52

• employer: Tiberius “It was believed that he took care to have him dispatched by Cneius Piso, his lieutenant in Syria.”
• enemies with Germanicus “It was believed that he took care to have him dispatched by Cneius Piso, his lieutenant in Syria.”

Caligula 2

• enemies with Germanicus “loaded Germanicus, even during his sickness, with the most unbounded and scurrilous abuse, both by word and deed”

Vitellius 2

• enemies with Germanicus “Publius, an intimate friend and companion of Germanicus, prosecuted his enemy and murderer, Cneius Piso, and procured sentence against him.”
• with Publius Vitellius (younger) (Publius prosecuted Piso and procured sentence against him.) “Publius, an intimate friend and companion of Germanicus, prosecuted his enemy and murderer, Cneius Piso, and procured sentence against him.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.