The son of Appius Claudius Pulcher born into a wealthy and patrician? family chose, like his sister Clodia?, to spell his ancient name in the lower-class spelling with an -o-. Clodius succeded in being adopted into the plebeian? branch of his family in 59 and was in 58 elected tribune, an office for which patricians were ineligible.
Clodius stood for election for the praetorship? in 52. He was murdered in rioting by Milo?. His clients used the senate-house as his funeral pyre.
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