He was the son of the consul
Lucius Calpurnius Piso and his wife Licinia, daughter of the consul
Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi and sister of
Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi, a senator. Piso was extremely well liked throughout Rome. Through his father he inherited connections with many distinguished families, and from his mother great wealth. Piso came from the ancient and noble house of the
Calpurnii and he distributed his great wealth among many beneficiaries of all Roman social classes. Among a wide range of interests, Piso sang on the tragic stage, wrote poetry, played an expert game of
Latrunculi, and owned the villa Pisoni at
Baiae. Piso was tall, good-looking, affable, and an excellent orator and advocate in the courts. Despite these facts Piso's overall integrity was questionable. According to
Tacitus, Piso used his eloquence to defend his fellow citizens and was generous and gracious in speech, but lacked earnestness and was overly ostentatious, while craving the sensual. Piso would return to Rome one year later, after Caligula's assassination. He later married
Atria Galla, after she left her first husband Domitius Silus. ==Pisonian conspiracy and death==