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Son of Gaius Claudius Pulcher (who was consul in 177 BC), he was elected consul for 143 BC, and, to obtain a pretext for a triumph, attacked the Salassi, an Alpine tribe. He was at first defeated, but afterwards, following the directions of the Sibylline Books, gained a victory. [1] [2] [3] On his return the celebration of the triumph was ...
Appius Claudius Pulcher (died c. 130 bc) was a Roman politician, father-in-law of the agrarian reformer Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus. Claudius served on the Gracchan land commission from 133 until his death. He was consul in 143 and censor in 136. His prestige as princeps senatus (“senior senator”) enabled him to provide powerful support ...
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Appius Claudius Pulcher (died 48 bc) was a Roman politician, a leading member of the senatorial party opposed to the powerful general Julius Caesar. From 72 to 70 Claudius served in Anatolia under his brother-in-law, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, in the war against Mithradates VI, king of Pontus. He was praetor in 57, governor in Sardinia in 56 ...
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Appius Claudius Pulcher (97–49 BC) was a Roman patrician, politician and general in the first century BC. He was consul of the Roman Republic in 54 BC. He was an expert in Roman law and antiquities, especially the esoteric lore of the augural college of which he was a controversial member. He was head of the senior line of the most powerful ...
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Apr 26, 2022 · Appius Claudius Pulcher. Appius Claudius Pulcher (97-49 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 54 BC. He was an expert in Roman law and antiquities, especially the esoteric lore of the augural college of which he was a controversial member. He was head of the senior line of the most powerful family of the patrician Claudii.
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The Reputation of Appius Claudius Pulcher, Cos. 143 BC 455 Salassi in depriving the tribes downstream of the water they needed to irrigate their fields'5. As a result, says Strabo, a chronic state of warfare had existed between the tribes. Though his comment is made without any chronological reference, Strabo
