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Publius Clodius Pulcher

c. 90s BCE–53 BCE

Publius Clodius Pulcher was a Roman politician of the late Republic, famous for populist politics, street violence and hostility to Cicero. His career shows the breakdown of elite norms in the years before Caesar’s civil war.

Publius Clodius Pulcher also held the offices or ranks of quaestor, aedile, and tribune of the plebs. Publius Clodius Pulcher belonged to the Claudii Pulchri and operated within Ancient Rome. Publius Clodius Pulcher was born in Ancient Rome and died in Bovillae.

In Steven Saylor’s A Murder on the Appian Way, Rome, 52 BC. Publius Clodius Pulcher is killed after an encounter with the followers of Titus Annius Milo on the Appian Way. In Simon Turney’s Marius’ Mules IV, the Tenth must cross rivers and seas at the edge of its experience. Fronto’s growing responsibilities at home are threatened by the violent politics of Publius Clodius Pulcher and by suspicious deaths among Rome’s elite. Unreliable officers and troublesome centurions complicate command abroad, while the risks to Lucilia make detachment impossible. Publius Clodius Pulcher is treated fictionally in Steven Saylor’s The House of the Vestals and Steven Saylor’s The Venus Throw.

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Periods linked to Publius Clodius Pulcher

Caesar’s Civil War49–45 BCE Late Roman Republic133–27 BCE

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Publius Clodius Pulcher (2 series)

Marius’ Mules in Order

by Simon Turney 17 books 4.6(34,619)

The Marius’ Mules series follows Marcus Falerius Fronto and Caesar’s legions from the invasion of Gaul to the destruction of the Roman Republic. Battles recorded in Caesar’s commentaries are viewed through officers and soldiers who must endure the practical cost of his ambition, while conspiracies in Rome steadily…

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Roma Sub Rosa in Order

by Steven Saylor 13 books 4.1(53,315)

The Roma Sub Rosa series follows Gordianus the Finder through the last generation of the Roman Republic. His investigations begin in the aftermath of Sulla’s dictatorship and continue through slave revolt, aristocratic trials, Catiline’s conspiracy, Caesar’s civil war and the assassination of Julius Caesar. The series uses murder…

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