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Publius Clodius Pulcher
Clodius
P. Clodius Pulcher, the demagogic tribune (d. 52 BC) who engineered Cicero's exile in 58 BC.
Reading notes
- On the Shortness of Life §5.1 Clodiuses
Publius Clodius Pulcher, Cicero's bitter enemy who engineered his exile.
- On the Firmness of the Wise Man §2.1 Publius Clodius
Publius Clodius Pulcher (d. 52 BC), demagogic tribune and enemy of Cato and Cicero; with Vatinius, one of those Seneca says were 'selling off' the Republic.
- On Anger §2.2 Clodius
P. Clodius Pulcher, the demagogue who drove Cicero into exile in 58 BC; an example of how the stage and history rouse a passion-like stir that is not true anger.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §16.97.2 Publius Clodius
Publius Clodius Pulcher (c.93–52 BC), the demagogue tribune; here the defendant in the Bona Dea scandal, tried in 61 BC for intruding on the women's rite in disguise.