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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 4701749, member: 15481&quot;]I have been looking at this today, trying to get some clues from <i>The</i> <i>Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology </i>by William Smith:</p><p><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DC%3Aentry+group%3D24%3Aentry%3Dclaudius-bio-30" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DC%3Aentry+group%3D24%3Aentry%3Dclaudius-bio-30" rel="nofollow">http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:alphabetic+letter=C:entry+group=24:entry=claudius-bio-30</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There sure are a lot of Appius Claudiuses, though! And this may be one of the obscure ones. Looking at the years and dates, I think the father of Publius Clodius may very well be our man:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>«Appius Claudius Pulcher</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Appius Claudius Pulcher (c. 139 BC – 76 BC) was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Life</b></p><p><br /></p><p>His father is uncertain — Gaius Claudius Pulcher or most likely Appius, Consul in 143 BC. The son was a supporter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and served as praetor in 88 BC. He was exiled in that year by Gaius Marius while Sulla was away in the east. He returned to Rome after Lucius Cornelius Cinna died in 84 BC, and served as consul in 79 BC and as governor of Roman Macedonia from 78 BC to 76 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marriage and children</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This Appius Claudius Pulcher was married to Caecilia Metella Balearica (b. c. 125 BC) and was the father of:</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>Appius Claudius Pulcher</li> <li>Gaius Claudius Pulcher</li> <li>Publius Claudius Pulcher, who changed his name to Publius Clodius</li> <li>Claudia Tertia, who married Quintus Marcius Rex, referred to as &quot;Clodia Marcii&quot;</li> <li>Claudia (who changed her name to Clodia), wife of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, therefore referred to as &quot;Clodia Metelli&quot;</li> <li>Claudia (b. c. 90 BC – aft. 66 BC), first wife of Lucius Licinius Lucullus, whom she divorced in 66 BC; referred to as &quot;Clodia Luculli&quot;»</li> </ol><p>Source: <a href="https://www.geni.com/people/Consul-79-BC-Appius-Claudius-Pulcher/6000000041168747629" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.geni.com/people/Consul-79-BC-Appius-Claudius-Pulcher/6000000041168747629" rel="nofollow">https://www.geni.com/people/Consul-79-BC-Appius-Claudius-Pulcher/6000000041168747629</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Being born in 139 BC rhymes with being moneyer in 110 BC, but then 22 years pass before he’s elected praetor. That’s a big gap, but considering the different conflicts and fractions in Roman politics at the time, it’s not all unlikely.</p><p>There are a few App Claud. that we know next to nothing about too. Might of course be one of them, but it’s more fun to believe that this is the father of Publius. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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