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Consul, Gouverneur de Macédoine Appius Claudius Pulcher, son of Appius Claudius -185

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy
Death: -76 (62-64)
Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
Immediate Family:

Son of Appius Claudius Pulcher; Appius Claudius Pulcher ll de ROME, Consul, rival de Scipion Emilien; Antistia and de Rome
Husband of Caecilia-Metella Balearica and Servillia-Caepionis, wife of Pulcher
Father of Appius (IV) Clauidius; Appius IV Claudius Pulcher; Clodia-Pulchra Tertia, wife of Rex; Gaius Claudius Pulcher Claudius-Pulcher; Claudia Pulchra and 8 others

Occupation: consul, politicus
Managed by: Noel Clark Bush
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About Consul (79 BC) - Appius Claudius Pulcher

Appius Claudius Pulcher (c. 139 BC – 76 BC) was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC. There is uncertainty about who is father was. It was most probably the Appius Claudius Pulcher who was consul in 143 BC.[1] He 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.

This Appius Claudius Pulcher was married to Caecilia Metella Balearica (b. c. 125 BC) and was the father of:

  • Appius Claudius Pulcher
  • Gaius Claudius Pulcher
  • Publius Claudius Pulcher, who changed his name to Publius Clodius
  • Claudia Tertia, who married Quintus Marcius Rex, referred to as "Clodia Marcii"
  • Claudia (who changed her name to Clodia), wife of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, therefore referred to as "Clodia Metelli"
  • Claudia (b. c. 90 BC – aft. 66 BC), first wife of Lucius Licinius Lucullus, whom she divorced in 66 BC; referred to as "Clodia Luculli"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appius_Claudius_Pulcher_(consul_79_BC)


Appius Claudius Pulcher

Appius Claudius Pulcher (c. 139 BC – 76 BC) was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC.

Life

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.

Marriage and children

This Appius Claudius Pulcher was married to Caecilia Metella Balearica (b. c. 125 BC) and was the father of:

  1. Appius Claudius Pulcher
  2. Gaius Claudius Pulcher
  3. Publius Claudius Pulcher, who changed his name to Publius Clodius
  4. Claudia Tertia, who married Quintus Marcius Rex, referred to as "Clodia Marcii"
  5. Claudia (who changed her name to Clodia), wife of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, therefore referred to as "Clodia Metelli"
  6. Claudia (b. c. 90 BC – aft. 66 BC), first wife of Lucius Licinius Lucullus, whom she divorced in 66 BC; referred to as "Clodia Luculli"

Source :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appius_Claudius_Pulcher_(consul_79_BC)


Appius Claudius Pulcher (c. 139 BC – 76 BC) was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC. There is uncertainty about who is father was. It was most probably the Appius Claudius Pulcher who was consul in 143 BC.[1] He 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.

This Appius Claudius Pulcher was married to Caecilia Metella Balearica (b. c. 125 BC) and was the father of:

  • Appius Claudius Pulcher
  • Gaius Claudius Pulcher
  • Publius Claudius Pulcher, who changed his name to Publius Clodius
  • Claudia Tertia, who married Quintus Marcius Rex, referred to as "Clodia Marcii"
  • Claudia (who changed her name to Clodia), wife of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, therefore referred to as "Clodia Metelli"
  • Claudia (b. c. 90 BC – aft. 66 BC), first wife of Lucius Licinius Lucullus, whom she divorced in 66 BC; referred to as "Clodia Luculli"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appius_Claudius_Pulcher_(consul_79_BC)