Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus[2] (38–69)[3] was a Roman nobleman who lived in the 1st century.
His name indicates he was adopted into the gens Calpurnia, probably by a relative of his brother-in-law Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul 27).
Licinianus’ maternal grandparents were both direct descendants of Pompeia, the daughter of triumvir Pompey from third marriage to Mucia Tertia.
He was appointed to strengthen Galba's position when two legions in Germania Superior rebelled against him in support of their commander Aulus Vitellius.
He was shocked and disappointed to hear about Galba's choice, Otho then decided to assassinate both men to become emperor.
He was discovered by two soldiers, Statius Murcus of the Praetorian Guard and Sulpicius Florus, a British auxiliary who had just been granted Roman citizenship by Galba.
Tacitus states that Otho 'studied the victim's severed head with peculiar malevolence, as if his eyes could never drink their fill'.
One hundred and twenty people tried to claim the credit for killing Galba and Licinianus, expecting to be rewarded, and to this end a list was made of their names.