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Clodius Pulcher, Publius

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Youngest of six children of Claudius Pulcher, b. c.92 bc. In 68 he incited the troops of his brother‐in‐law Licinius Lucullus to mutiny in Armenia. On his return to Rome he had been ...

Clōdius Pulcher, Publius

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World

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... Pulcher, Publius , youngest of six children of Claudius Pulcher , b. c. 92 bc . In 68 he incited the troops of his brother‐in‐law Licinius Lucullus to mutiny in Armenia. On his return to Rome he had been apparently friendly with Cicero , but in May 61 Cicero gave damaging evidence against him when he was on trial for trespassing on the Bona Dea festival disguised as a woman the previous December. However, Clodius was narrowly acquitted by a jury said to have been heavily bribed. Next year he sought transference into a plebeian gens ( see ...

Clodius Pulcher, Publius

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Guy Edward Farquhar Chilver and Andrew William Lintott

The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization (2 ed.)

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... Pulcher, Publius , youngest of six children of Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 79). He was born c. 92 bc (since quaestor in 61). In 68 he incited the troops of his brother-in-law Lucius Licinius Lucullus to mutiny in Armenia. When prosecuting Catiline in 65 he was, according to Cicero , in co-operation with the defence. On his return to Rome he had been apparently friendly with Cicero (Plut. Cic. 29), but in May 61 Cicero gave damaging evidence against him when he was on trial for trespassing on the Bona Dea festival disguised as a woman the...

Clodius (RE 48) Pulcher, Publius

Clodius (RE 48) Pulcher, Publius   Reference library

Guy Edward Farquhar Chilver and Andrew William Lintott

The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)

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... ( RE 48) Pulcher, Publius , youngest of six children of Apologia Socratis Claudius Pulcher (2) . He was born c. 92 bc (since quaestor in 61 ). In 68 he incited the troops of his brother-in-law L. Licinius Lucullus (2) to mutiny in Armenia. When prosecuting Catiline in 65 he was, according to Cicero, in co-operation with the defence. On his return to Rome he had been apparently friendly with Cicero (Plut. Cic. 29 ), but in May 61 Cicero gave damaging evidence against him when he was on trial for trespassing on the Bona Dea ...

Clodius Pulcher, Publius

Clodius Pulcher, Publius  

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Youngest of six children of Claudius Pulcher, b. c.92 bc. In 68 he incited the troops of his brother‐in‐law Licinius Lucullus to mutiny in Armenia. On his return to Rome he had been apparently ...
Favonius Marcus

Favonius Marcus  

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(RE 1),of municipal birth (see municipium), admirer and excessive imitator of Cato (Uticensis), especially in rude forthrightness. He attacked P. Clodius Pulcher in 61 bc, and vehemently (but ...
Pompeia

Pompeia  

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(RE ‘Pompeius’ 52)granddaughter of Q. Pompeius Rufus and of Sulla, married Caesar in 67 bc. After the Bona Dea scandal (see Clodius Pulcher, P.) he proclaimed her innocence, but divorced her since ...
Claudius Pulcher, Appius

Claudius Pulcher, Appius  

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(RE 297)eldest son of (2), served in the east under his brother-in-law L. Licinius Lucullus (2) in 72–70 bc. As praetor 57 he supported his brother P. Clodius Pulcher ...
Aurelia

Aurelia  

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(RE ‘Aurelius’ 248),of the family of the Cottae, was the mother of C. Iulius Caesar (1). She watched over the conduct of his wife Pompeia and detected P. Clodius ...
Fufius Calenus, Quintus

Fufius Calenus, Quintus  

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(RE 10)assisted P. Clodius Pulcher as tribune in 61 bc, supported Caesar as praetor (59), and some years later served under him in Gaul and in the Civil War ...
Claudius Pulcher, Appius

Claudius Pulcher, Appius  

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(RE 296)son of (1), as praetor (89 or 88 bc) enrolled some foreigners enfranchised under the lex Plautia Papiria (see Plautius Silvanus (1), M.). An enemy of L. Cornelius ...
Milo

Milo  

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Of a prominent family of Lanuvium in Latium (central Italy), as tribune 57 bc worked for Cicero's recall from exile and, with Publius Sestius, organized armed gangs to oppose those led by Clodius ...
Munatius Plancus Bursa, Titus

Munatius Plancus Bursa, Titus  

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(RE 32)brother (or perhaps cousin) of L. Munatius Plancus, as tribune 52 bc was prominent in trying to avenge the death of P. Clodius Pulcher and punish T. Annius ...
Sestius Publius

Sestius Publius  

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(RE 6),one of very few senators from the humble Collina tribus, served under C. Antonius Hybrida as quaestor 63 bc against Catiline and as proquaestor 62 in Macedonia. As ...
Plautius Hypsaeus, Publius

Plautius Hypsaeus, Publius  

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(RE 23)of consular family, was quaestor and proquaestor of Pompey in the east and became curule aedile with M. Aemilius Scaurus (2) in 58 bc, when they issued the ...
Scribonius Curio, Gaius

Scribonius Curio, Gaius  

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(RE 10)after early forensic activity was tribune 90 bc, served under Sulla in the east, and later enriched himself in the proscriptions. Consul 76, he opposed Cn. Sicinius, then ...
Marcius Rex, Quintus

Marcius Rex, Quintus  

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(RE 92)descended from Q. Marcius Rex (1), married to a daughter of Ap. Claudius Pulcher (2) and sister of Clodia, was consul 68 bc (alone for much of the ...
Annius Milō, Titus

Annius Milō, Titus  

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Of a prominent family of Lanuvium, as tribune 57 bc worked for Cicero's recall from exile and, with Sestius, organized armed gangs to oppose those led by Clodius Pulcher, which had long prevented it. ...
Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Lucius

Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Lucius  

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Rapidly rose to the consulship, which he held in 58 bc (with Gabinius ) after marrying his daughter to Caesar (consul 59). He refused to support Cicero against Clodius Pulcher, and as a reward was ...
Deiotarus

Deiotarus  

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(RE 2),Hellenized tetrarch of western Galatia, was attacked by Mithradates VI and became a loyal Roman ally. Pompey greatly increased his territory and the senate, perhaps adding more to ...
Pupius Piso Frugi (Calpurnianus), Marcus

Pupius Piso Frugi (Calpurnianus), Marcus  

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(RE 10)a Calpurnius Piso adopted by an aged senator M. Pupius, was in his youth a promising orator and friend of Cicero's. Marrying the widow of L. Cornelius Cinna ...

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