| This is even worse in Graves, where Plancina never appeals to Piso's 'sense of honor.' Not only does she present him with a Livia-forged Tiberius letter promising acquital, but as soon as she gets his letter she gives him a dagger to the throat and proceeds to wipe his blood on the pommel simulating suicide. Oh, and then she leaves him to die. Tacitus describes Piso's last movements as ordinary. The only mention of Plancina is that after she left Piso in his chamber, he ordered the doors closed. His body was discovered the next morning with its throat slit. But Tacitus also reports a rumor learned in his youth that Piso was executed by agents of Sejanus. Suetonius goes with the belief that Tiberius ordered it. Dio decidedly declares it a suicide. |
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