Publius Clodius

Family: Roman · Role: politician · First appears: Julius Caesar 6

Life events

• Julius Caesar divorced Pompeia after suspecting her of adultery with Publius Clodius.(Julius Caesar 6)
  • With: Julius Caesar Pompeia
  • “but he afterwards divorced her, upon suspicion of her having been debauched by Publius Clodius.”
• Publius Clodius allegedly entered Pompeia’s quarters disguised as a woman.(Julius Caesar 6)
  • With: Pompeia
  • “that Clodius had found access to her disguised as a woman, during the celebration of a religious solemnity”
• Julius Caesar transferred Publius Clodius from a patrician to a plebeian family.(Julius Caesar 20)
  • With: Julius Caesar
  • “And upon Cicero’s lamenting in some trial the miserable condition of the times, he the very same day, by nine o’clock, transferred his enemy, Publius Clodius, from a patrician to a plebeian family; a change which he had long solicited in vain.”

Julius Caesar 6

• with Pompeia (suspected sexual misconduct) “upon suspicion of her having been debauched by Publius Clodius”
• with Pompeia (suspected sexual relationship) “upon suspicion of her having been debauched by Publius Clodius”

Julius Caesar 20

• enemies with Julius Caesar “And upon Cicero’s lamenting in some trial the miserable condition of the times, he the very same day, by nine o’clock, transferred his enemy, Publius Clodius, from a patrician to a plebeian family;”
• enemies with Cicero (Publius Clodius is identified as Cicero’s enemy.) “And upon Cicero’s lamenting in some trial the miserable condition of the times, he the very same day, by nine o’clock, transferred his enemy, Publius Clodius, from a patrician to a plebeian family; a change which he had long solicited in vain.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.