 In 65 , Gaius Calpurnius Piso , a Roman statesman , organized a conspiracy against Nero with the help of Subrius Flavus and Sulpicius Asper , a tribune and a centurion of the Praetorian Guard . According to Tacitus , many conspirators wished to " rescue the state " from the emperor and restore the Republic . The freedman Milichus discovered the conspiracy and reported it to Nero 's secretary , Epaphroditos . As a result , the conspiracy failed and its members were executed including Lucan , the poet . Nero 's previous advisor , Seneca was ordered to commit suicide after admitting he discussed the plot with the conspirators . 
 In 65 , Gaius Calpurnius Piso , a Roman statesman , organized a conspiracy against Nero with the help of Subrius Flavus and Sulpicius Asper , a tribune and a centurion of the Praetorian Guard . According to Tacitus , many conspirators wished to " rescue the state " from the emperor and restore the Republic . The freedman Milichus discovered the conspiracy and reported it to Nero <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>secretary , Epaphroditos . As a result , the conspiracy failed and its members <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> executed including Lucan , the poet . Nero <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>previous advisor , Seneca was ordered to commit suicide after admitting he discussed the plot with the conspirators . 
In 65 , Gaius Calpurnius Piso , a Roman statesman , organized a conspiracy against Nero with the help of Subrius Flavus and Sulpicius Asper , a tribune and a centurion of the Praetorian Guard . According to Tacitus , many conspirators wished to " rescue the state " from da emperor and restore the Republic . The freedman Milichus discovered the conspiracy and reported it to Nero  secretary , Epaphroditos . As a result , the conspiracy failed and its members was executed including Lucan , the poet . Nero  previous advisor , Seneca was ordered to commit suicide after admitting he discussed tdaplot witt the conspirators .