Publius Clodius
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Clodii · Clodius · the defendant
in the texts
On the Nature of the Gods
Roman commander in the First Punic War who mocked the auspices and was later condemned after his fleet's defeat.
Will the rashness of Publius Clodius in the first Punic War not move us at all — who, mocking the gods even in jest, when the chickens, let out of the coop, would not feed, bade them be plunged into the water, that they might drink, since they would not eat?
Letters to Lucilius
Roman politician accused of adultery/sacrilege, whose bribery and acquittal at trial Seneca recounts
Every age will bear Clodii, not every age Catos.
within the adjournment of the trial the faith of my promise shall stand.
And so Catulus said neatly to them, when the defendant had been acquitted:
On the Steadfastness of the Wise Man
Roman politician named as one of the corrupt figures exploiting the commonwealth.
Then I answered that you had cause to be moved on behalf of the commonwealth, which Publius Clodius on this side, Vatinius on that, and every worst man, were putting up for sale, and, seized by blind greed, did not understand that even as they sold it they were themselves being sold.