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Clodius

Clodius (Publius Clodius Pulcher) , d. 52 BC, Roman politician. He belonged to the Claudian gens (see Claudius ), and his name is also written as Publius Claudius Pulcher. He was brother to Appius Claudius Pulcher and to the notorious Clodia. In 62 BC he created a tremendous scandal when, disguised as a woman, he entered the house of Julius Caesar at the time of the women's mysteries of Bona Dea. Cicero prosecuted him for sacrilege, but Clodius, probably by heavy bribery, won an acquittal. The results were that Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia , and Cicero earned Clodius' unswerving hatred. In 58 BC, Clodius was tribune of the people, put into office by the First Triumvirate (Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey) probably under the mistaken impression that he would be a tool. Instead, he proved himself a demagogue, seeking popularity in every way. He exiled Cicero on specious charges arising from the conspiracy of Catiline, and he sent Cato the Younger to Cyprus. Clodius spent much of his money in organizing gangs of bullies to intimidate the city. The tribune Milo (initially supported by Pompey) organized a conservative gang, and Rome was plagued with bloody rioting until Clodius was killed by Milo's gang. His irresponsible actions had prepared the way for the civil war of Caesar and Pompey.

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	(book review) Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/2001; ; 499 words ; The Patrician Tribune: Publius Clodius Pulcher. By W. Jeffrey Tatum. (Chapel...silence or speculation. The actions of Clodius, however, figure so large in the works...Jeffrey Tatum eschews speculation about Clodius's personal life, most notably the rumored... Read more
	Barking at the 'dog days' of summer.(KALEIDOSCOPE: OUR CHANGING VALLEY) Magazine article from: San Fernando Valley Business Journal; 7/21/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...annual Feast of the Great Goddess. Though men were not admitted to this ritual, a well-known scalawag of the time, Publius Clodius, allegedly disguised himself as a woman and seduced her. Caesar immediately divorced Pompeia and an inquiry was held. The court... Read more
	Die Geschichte der Deutschen Gesellschaft in Leipzig: Von der Grundung bis in die ersten Jahre des Seniorats Johann Christoph Gottscheds.(Brief Article) Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...society had recently celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary (in 1722), possessed a substantial library, built up by Christian Clodius, with a printed catalogue, and had a number of ambitious projects on the stocks. Yet little came of them. The society was still... Read more
	Catullus, today and always.(Book Review) Magazine article from: Quadrant; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Metelli, nee Pulcher--Catullus' Lesbia--achieved notoriety), there was also a general daredevil atmosphere, as when Publius Clodius Pulcher, Clodia's brother, profaned the Mysteries of the Bona Dea in 62 BC by attending the women-only gathering in disguise... Read more
	The protean nature of Irish tale: the generic analysis of Maria Edgeworth's Ennui.(LITERATURE)(Critical essay) Magazine article from: Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...recounts how he tried to relieve his ennui by indulging in eating he compares himself to Lewis the Fourteenth and Roman emperor Clodius Albinus, one of the most moderate of those imperial gluttons, took for his breakfast, 500 figs, 100 peaches, 10 melons, 100... Read more
	How religion makes the news: conventions of reporting.(Cover Story) Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 11/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...Quintilian, essential for winning cases: What does it matter whether we have to decide whether Milo was justified in killing Clodius, or whether it is justifiable to kill a man who has set an ambush for his slayer, or a citizen whose existence is a stranger... Read more
	Women's Religious Activity in the Roman Republic.(Book review) Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/2007; ; 529 words ; ...case in point is the worship of Bona Dea ( the Good Goddess ). Because of the scandal in 63 BC in which the infamous Publius Clodius Pulcher was apprehended at the proceedings in drag, we know that male attendance at the cult's annual December rite was forbidden... Read more

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