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The freedman Milichus later discovered the conspiracy and reported it to Nero's secretary, Epaphroditos, after his wife convinced him to do so.

After the conspiracy was revealed, Nero ordered Piso and its leaders to commit suicide.

The philosopher Seneca, the poet Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, and the satirist Petronius were also implicated in the plot and dealt with in a similar fashion.

Gaius Stern has identified a relevant, little known passage, Plutarch Moralia 505C, which adds a story not told in Tacitus.

A conspirator, in passing a condemned prisoner, urged him to have hope, dropping a comment that indicated all would change soon ( because Nero would be dead ).

Instead of silently taking heart, the prisoner revealed the conversation to Nero, the conspirator was tortured, and the plot was betrayed.