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Clodius (Publius Clodius Pulcher) (klō`dēəs), d. 52 B.C., Roman politician. He belonged to the Claudian gens (see Claudius Claudius, ancient Roman gens.

Appius Claudius Sabinus Inregillenis or Regillensis was a Sabine; he came (c.504 B.C.) with his tribe to Rome.
..... Click the link for more information. ), and his name is also written as Publius Claudius Pulcher. He was brother to Appius Claudius Pulcher and to the notorious Clodia. In 62 B.C. 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 Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) or Tully, 106 B.C.–43 B.C., greatest Roman orator, famous also as a politician and a philosopher. Life

Cicero studied law and philosophy at Rome, Athens, and Rhodes.
..... Click the link for more information. prosecuted him for sacrilege, but Clodius, probably by heavy bribery, won an acquittal. The results were that Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia Pompeia , fl. 61 B.C., Roman matron, wife of Julius Caesar, daughter of Quintus Pompeius Rufus and granddaughter of Sulla. She married Caesar in 67 B.C. and was divorced in 61 B.C., because of an intrigue with Clodius while celebrating the mysteries of Bona Dea.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Cicero earned Clodius' unswerving hatred. In 58 B.C., 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 Milo (Titus Annius Papianus Milo), 95 B.C.–47 B.C., Roman partisan leader. As tribune of the people (57 B.C.) he obtained the recall from exile of Cicero. At the insistence of Pompey, Milo hired a gang to fight the gang of Clodius.
..... Click the link for more information. (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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However a young patrician named Publius Clodius Pulcher managed to gain admittance disguised as a woman, apparently for the purpose of seducing Pompeia.

'+ char(39) +' PUBLICITY CRAZY'+ char(39) +' CJI SLAMS HC JUDGE by Mail Today (New Delhi, India)

Nelson, PPSA, PG of Detroit; Blue Bird Portrait, Ray Coleman, APSA, PG of Detroit; with 14 points: Clodius Returns, John M.

Third round of the PSA Nature Division Slide InterClub Competition by Di Stefano, Michael / PSA Journal

Moreover, Edward Guilpin, writing in 1598, remembers Alleyn's role as Cutlack the Dane in a play performed four years previously at the Rose, a role in which Alleyn's unique swagger and overwhelming voice imprinted the part in the audience's memory: Clodius, me thinkes, lookes passing big of late, With Dunstan's brow and Alleyn's Cutlack's gate.

Edward Alleyn, the new model actor, and the rise of the celebrity in ... by Cerasano, S.P. / Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England