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  1. Publius Clodius Pulcher (c. 92 – 18 January 52 BC) was a Roman politician and demagogue. A noted opponent of Cicero, he was responsible during his plebeian tribunate in 58 BC for a massive expansion of the Roman grain dole as well as Cicero's exile from the city.

  2. Publius Clodius Pulcher (born c. 93 bc —died January, 52 bc, Bovillae, Latium [Italy]) was a disruptive politician, head of a band of political thugs, and bitter enemy of Cicero in late republican Rome.

  3. Publius Clodius Pulcher. The Roman politician Publius Clodius Pulcher (died 52 B.C.) was one of the leading demagogues in the 1st century B.C. As tribune, he wielded nearly as much power as Julius Caesar or Pompey.

  4. Nov 19, 2016 · Publius Clodius Pulcher demoted himself from the patrician class down to the plebeian rank by being adopted by a pleb. The masses, who loved their extravagant hooligan hero, quickly elected Clodius as Tribune of the Plebeians in late 59 BCE.

  5. Publius Clodius Pulcher (93 – 18 January 52 BC) was a populist Roman politician and street agitator during the time of the First Triumvirate.

  6. Clodius Pulcher, Publius. (c. 93—52 bc) Quick Reference. Youngest of six children of Claudius Pulcher, b. c. 92 bc. In 68 he incited the troops of his brother‐in‐law Licinius Lucullus to mutiny in Armenia.

  7. Mar 18, 2000 · In the first place, there are the requirements of the biographical form itself: in his opening chapter T. judiciously reviews various aspects of the Roman political and social system; thereafter he operates mainly in narrative mode, working his way through Clodius’ career and, where appropriate, interweaving thematic digressions.