Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi (sometimes Censorinus) was a Roman consul in 133 BC, historian and representative of older Roman annalists. He was of plebeian origin.
In 149 BC held the office of tribune. During his tribunate he proposed the first law for the punishment of extortion in the provinces, Lex Calpurnia de Repetundis[1]. In 139 BC praetor, in 133 BC he was elected consul with Publius Mucius Scaevola when he achieved victory over slaves in Italy, but did not subdue them. Probably in 120 BC he was elected censor, therefore some ancient writers called him Censorinus. He was opponent of Tiberius Gracchus.
He was author of the Annales, seven books about history of the Rome beginning by its establishment up to Piso's times. However, according to Livy, he is considered less reliable author than Fabius Pictor, because Piso tended to moralize, idealize history and succumb to tendentiousness. According to German historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr was Piso the first Roman historian to introduce systematic forgeries. Only fragments of his works have been preserved, from which we can deduce simple style of his writings.
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| Preceded by Gaius Fulvius Flaccus and Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Publius Mucius Scaevola 133 BC |
Succeeded by Publius Popillius Laenas and Publius Rupilius |
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