162. Tacit. Annal. xv. 48. Hist. i. 15. In the former of
these passages we may venture to change paterna into
materna. In every generation from Augustus to Alexander
Severus, one or more Pisos appear as consuls. A Piso was
deemed worthy of the throne by Augustus (Tacit. Annal. i.
13). A second headed a formidable conspiracy against Nero;
and a third was adopted, and declared Caesar by Galba.