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(Claudia, No. 2. ) &c. ; Zonar. ix. 15. )
19. CLAUDIA. (CLAUDIA, No. 3. )
24. APP. CLAUDIUS CENTO, brother of No. 23,
20. Arp. CLAUDIUS APP. F. P. N. Pulcher, was aedile in B. c. 178. (Liv. xl. 59. ) In 175
son of No. 17. In c. 197 and the three fol- he was made praetor, and received Hi nia Cite-
lowing years, he served as military tribune under rior as his province. Here he gained a victory
T. Quinctius Flamininus in Greece in the war with over the revolted Celtiberi, for which he was
Philip. (Liv. xxxii. 35, 36, xxxiii. 29, xxxiv. 50. ) honoured with an oration. (xli. 22, 31, 33. ) In
We find him again in Greece in 191, serving first 173 he was sent into Thessaly, and quieted the
under M. Baebius in the war with Antiochus disturbances which prevailed there. (xlii. 5. ) In
(xxxvi. 10), and afterwards under the consul M'. 172 he was one of an embassy sent into Mace-
Acilius Glabrio against the Aetolians. (xxxvi. 22, donia to communicate to Perseus the demands and
30. ) In 187 he was made praetor, and Tarentum threats of the Romans. (xlii. 25. ) In 170 he was
fell to him by lot as his province. (xxxviii. 42. ) | legatus under the consul A. Hostilius. Having
In 185 he was elected consul, and gained some been sent with 4000 men into Wlyricum, he sus-
advantages over the Ingaunian Ligurians, and, by tained a defeat near the town of Uscana. (xliii.
his violent interference at the comitia, procured 11, 12. )
the election of his brother Publius to the consul- 25. APP. CLAUDIUS APP. F. App. N. PULCHER,
ship. (xxxix. 23, 32. ) In 184, when Philip son of No. 20. He was consul in B. c. 143, and,
was preparing for a new war with the Romans, to obtain a pretext for a triumph, attacked the
Appius was sent at the head of an embassy into Salassi, an Alpine tribe. He was at first defcated,
Macedonia and Greece, to observe his movements but afterwards, following the directions of the Si-
and wrest from his grasp the cities of which he bylline books, gained a victory. (Frontin. de
had made himself master. (xxxix. 33–39. ) In Aquaed. 7; Dion Cass. Fragm. lxxix. lxxx. ; Oros.
176 he was one of an embassy sent to the Aeto- v. 4. ) On his return a triumph was refused him ;
lians, to bring about a cessation of their internal but he triumphed at his own expense, and when
hostilities and oppose the machinations of Perseus. one of the tribunes attempted to drag him from
(xli. 25, 27. )
his car, his daughter Claudia, one of the Vestal
21. P. CLAUDIUS APP. F. P. N. PULCHER, son virgins, walked by his side up to the capitol. (Cic.
of No. 17. In B. c. 189 he was curule aedile, and pro Cael. 14; Sueton. Tib. 2. ) Next year he was
in 188 praetor. (Liv. xxxviii. 35. ) In 184 he an unsuccessful candidate for the censorship, though
was made consul (see No. 20) (xxxix. 32), and he afterwards held that office with Q. Fulvius No-
in 181 one of the three commissioners appointed bilior, probably in 136. (Dion Cass. Fragm. lxxxiv. ;
for planting a colony at Graviscae. (xl. 29. ) Plut. Tib. Gracch. 4. ) He gave one of his daugh-
22. C. CLAUDIUS APP. F. P. N. PULCHER, an- ters in marriage to Tib. Gracchus, and in B. c. 133
other son of No. 17 (Fasti Cap. ; Liv. Ixxii. 44), with Tib. and C. Gracchus was appointed com-
was made augur in B. c. 195, praetor in 180 (xl. missioner for the division of the lands. (Liv. Epit.
37, 42), and consul in 177. The province of 58; Orelli, Inscr. No. 570; Vell. Pat. ii. 2. ) Appius
Istria fell to his lot. Fearing lest the successes of lived at enmity with P. Scipio Aemilianus. (Plut.
the consuls of the preceding year might render his Aemil. 38 ; Cic. de Rep. i. 19. 1 He died shortly
presence unnecessary, he set out without perform- after Tib. Gracchus. (Appian, B. C. i. 18. ) He was
ing the regular initiatory ceremonies of the consul- one of the Salii, an augur, and princeps senatus.
ship, but soon found himself compelled to return. (Macrob. Saturn. ii. 10; Plut. Tib. Gracch. 4. )
Having again proceeded to his province with a Cicero (Brut. 28) says that his style of speaking
fresh army, he captured three towns, and reduced was fluent and vehement. He married Antistia.
the Istrians to subjection. He next marched (ANTISTIA, No. 1. )
against the Ligurians, whom he defeated, and 26. C. Claudius Pulcher, son of No. 22, was
celebrated a double triumph at Rome. Having consul in B. c. 130, and laid information before the
held the comitia, he returned to Liguria and senate of the disturbances excited by C. Papirius
recovered the town of Mutina. (xli. 20—18; Carbo. (Cic. de Leg. iii. 19. )
Polyb. xxvi. 7. ) In 171 he served as military 27. App.
CLAUDIUS Pulcher, known only as
tribune under P. Licinius against Perseus. (Liv. the son of No. 26 and father of No. 32.
xlii. 49. ) In 169 he was censor with Ti. Sempro- 28. C. CLAUDIOS PULCHER, also son of No. 26
nius Gracchus. Their severity drew down upon and father of No. 34. (Cic. pro Planc. 21. )
them an impeachment from one of the tribunes, 29. App. CLAUDIUS PULCHER, son of No. 25.
but the popularity of Gracchus secured an ac- He inherited his father's enmity to P. Scipio Aemi-
quittal. Claudius opposed his colleague, who lianus. (Cic. pro Scaur. ii. 32. ) In B. c. 107 he
wished to exclude the freedmen from all the tribes, took part in the discussions respecting the agrarian
and at last it was agreed that they should be law of Sp. Thorius. (Cic. de Orat. ii. 70. ) He ap-
enrolled in one tribe the Esquiline. (xliii. 14 pears to have been of a facetious disposition.
-16, xliv. 16, xlv. 15; Valer. Max. vi. 5. & 3. ) | (Cic. de Orat. ii. 60. )
In 167 Claudius was one of an embassy of ten sent 30. CLAUDIA. (CLAUDIA, No. 4. ]
into Macedonia. He died in this year. (xlv. 17, 31. CLAUDIA. (CLAUDIA, No. 5. )
44 ; Polyb. xxx. 10. )
32. C. CLAUDIUS APP. F. C. N. PULCHF, son
23. C. Claudius CENTO, probably the grand- of No. 27 (Cic. de Off. ii. 16, Verr. ii. 49; Fasti
fun of No. 14, served under the consul P. Sulpicius Capit. ), appears in B. c. 100 as one of those who
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took up arms against Saturninus. (Cic. pro Rab. 7. ) | aedile. (Cic. l. c. ) As pretor (1. c. 57) he pre-
In 99 he was curule aedile, and in the games cele sided in trials for extortion, and Cicero expresses
brated by him elephants were for the first time anxiety on behalf of his brother Quintus, who had
exhibited in the circus, and painting employed in been propractor in Asia. (Ad Att. iii. 17. ) Though
the scenic decorations. (Plin. H. N. viii. 7, xxxv. 7; Appius did not openly and in person oppose Cice-
Val. Max. ii. 4. $ 6. ) In 85 he was praetor in ro's recall (Cic. al Fum. iii. 10. $ 8; comp. pro
Sicily, and, by direction of the senate, gave laws to Dom. 33), he tacitly sanctioned and abetted the
the Halesini respecting the appointment of their proceedings of his brother Publius. He placed at
senate. (Cic. Verr. ii. 49. ) The Mamertini made his disposal the gladiators whoin he had hired, and
him their patronus. (Verr. iv. 3. ) He was consul alone of the praetors did nothing on belialf of
in 92. (Fasti Cup. ) Cicero (Brut. 45) speaks of Cicero; and, after the return of the latter, shewed
him as a man possessed of great power and some more decidedly which side he took. (Cic.
pro
Sert,
ability as an orator.
36, 39—4), in Pison. 15, pro Mil. 15, post. Ked.
33. App. CLAUDIUS PULCHER, the brother, in Sen. 9, ad Att. iv. 1-3; Schol. Bob. p.
possibly of No. 32, was military tribune in B. C. 307, Orell. ; Dion Cass. xxxix. 0, 7. ) Next year
87. He was appointed to guard the Janiculum he was propraetor in Sardinia, and in April paid
when the city was threatened by Marius and a visit to Caesar at Luca (Plut. Cues. 21 ; Cic.
Cinna, but opened a gate to Marius, to whom he ad Q. F. ii. 6, 15. ) In B. c. 54 he was chosen
was under obligations. (Appian, B. C. i. 68. ) It consul with L. Domitius Ahenobarbus. _(Caes.
appears, however, that he managed to keep his B. G. v. l; Dion Cass. xxxix. 60, xl. 1. ) Through
credit with his own party; for it is probably this the intervention of Pompey, a reconciliation was
Claudius who was interrex in 77, and with Q. brought about between him and Cicero, thougla
Lutatius Catulus had to defend Rome against M. his attentions to the latter appear, in part at least,
Aemilius Lepidus. (Sall. Fragm. lib. 1. )
to have been prompted by avarice. (Cic. ad. Q. F.
34. APP. CLAUDIUS PULCHER, son of No. 28, i. 12, ad fum. i. 9, ji. 10. ) When Gabinius
was made consul in B. c. 79, though he had been returned from his province, Appius appeared as his
an unsuccessful candidate for the curule aedileship accuser, in hopes that his silence might be bought,
(Cic.