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Calpurnia gens
Ancient Roman family
This article is about a Roman family. For the plant, see Calpurnia (plant).
The gens Calpurnia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which first appears in history during the third century BC.
The first of the gens to obtain the consulship was Gaius Calpurnius Piso in 180 BC, but from this time their consulships were very frequent, and the family of the Pisones became one of the most illustrious in the Roman state. Two important pieces of Republican legislation, the lex Calpurnia of 149 BC and lex Acilia Calpurnia of 67 BC were passed by members of the gens.[1]
Origin
The Calpurnii claimed descent from Calpus, the son of Numa Pompilius, the second King of Rome, and accordingly the head of Numa is found on some of the coins of this gens.[2][3][4][5]
Praenomina
The principal praenomina of the Calpurnii were Lucius, Gaius, Marcus, and Gnaeus.
Publius was not a regular name
