Gaius Claudius Pulcher (Praetor 56 BC)

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Gaius Claudius Pulcher was a politician of the late Roman Republic who came from the patrician line of the Claudians . 56 BC BC he held the office of praetor .

Life

Gaius Claudius Pulcher was the second son of the consul from 79 BC. BC, Appius Claudius Pulcher and Caecilia Metella . His older brother's name, like his father, was Appius Claudius Pulcher and was born in 54 BC. Consul, his younger brother was the notorious tribune Publius Clodius Pulcher .

58 BC Gaius Claudius Pulcher acted as a legate of the Roman general Gaius Iulius Caesar . 56 BC He was elected praetor and initially, together with his brother Clodius, prevented the speaker Marcus Tullius Cicero from removing the plaque of law, on which his ban was written, from the Capitol. Claudius Pulcher was the Proprätor from 55 to 53 BC. The province of Asia before. He intended to be a candidate for the consulate in 53 BC. To have set up; but since he did not want to leave Asia, he gave up his plan again.

Marcus Servilius brought blackmail charges against Claudius Pulcher after he returned from his province. Claudius Pulcher then bribed Servilius to bring the lawsuit down. This fact came to light when Claudius Pulcher's younger son Appius 51 BC. BC reclaimed the bribes from Servilius. Despite the attempt at bribery, Claudius Pulcher is unlikely to have escaped his conviction and, according to an assumption by the ancient historian Friedrich Münzer, could possibly still be 43 BC. Lived in exile. His elder son Appius was born in 38 BC. Chr. Consul; his younger son should only use the first name Appius after the adoption by the consul in 54 BC. BC, Appius Claudius Pulcher.

literature

Remarks

  1. ^ Cicero , Pro P. Sestio 41.
  2. ^ Cassius Dio 39, 21, 2.
  3. ↑ Cicero, Pro M. Aemilio Scauro 33ff .; Ad Atticum 4, 15, 2; Coins. In Pergamon he was honored as a benefactor (euergetes) : Inscriptions from Pergamon 2, 409 .
  4. ↑ Cicero, Pro M. Aemilio Scauro 33ff. and Asconius at this point; Schol. Bob. p. 374 ed. Orelli.
  5. ^ Caelius in Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares 8, 8, 2.
  6. ^ Friedrich Münzer: Claudius 303). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 2857.
personal data
SURNAME Claudius Pulcher, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pulcher, Gaius Claudius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman praetor (56 BC)
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century BC Chr.