12-17-2011, 06:54 PM
Quote:In his account of Pompey's siege of Jerusalem, Flavius Josephus mentions a legate named Piso. ... I am wondering who this Piso is, because it may be L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus: quaestor in 70, aedile in 64, praetor in 61, consul in 58 and colleague of Aulus Gabinius, who was certainly one of Pompey's deputies.The Piso at Jerusalem is generally thought to have been M. Pupius Piso Frugi ("Calpurnianus"), the consul of 61 and a(nother) friend of Pompey.
Quote:Question: was it normal for a former aedile to become legate?I do not think so. As far as I know, anyone who was curule aedile progressed to the praetorship three years later, and to the consulship three or four years after that, with no intervening posts. (Note: I have not made a special study of this; it is simply my impression.)
