Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 79 BC)
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Appius Claudius Pulcher (c. 129 BC – 76 BC) was a Roman noble, general and politician of the 1st century BC. He was the father of a number of renowned Romans, most notable: the infamous Clodius and Clodia.
Biography
There is uncertainty about who his father was. It was most probably the
Roman Macedonia
from 78 BC to 76 BC.
Family
Appius Claudius Pulcher was likely married to a
Servilia Caepione[2] (it is known that there was a Servilia around this time that was the wife of a Pulcher, but it is not known who either of them were). Jeffrey Tatum thinks that there is too little information to be sure either way.[2]
He had six known children:
- Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul of 54 BC)
- Gaius Claudius Pulcher
- Publius Claudius Pulcher, who changed his name to Clodius
- Claudia Tertia, who married Quintus Marcius Rex
- Claudia (also known as Clodia), the wife of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer
- Claudia (c. 90 BC – after 66 BC), first wife of Lucius Licinius Lucullus, whom she divorced in 66 BC
T. P. Wiseman also speculated that Clodia the wife of Aulus Ofilius may have been one of his daughters.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Livy Priochae, 53.1
- ^ ISBN 9781469620657.
Clodius's mother, therefore, must remain ignota.
- ISBN 9780718510855.
Sources
- Christian Settipani. Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale, 2000, p 62.
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