# Publius Clodius Pulcher

> He weaponized Rome's poorest citizens into a political force that could shut down the republic's daily machinery, made grain free for the masses, and sent Cicero into exile — then died in a roadside brawl that ended with his corpse burning down the Senate house.

*Roman politician and street agitator (93–52 BC)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/publius-clodius-pulcher

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** -90
- **Died:** -52
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born into the patrician gens Claudia around 92 BC, Publius Clodius Pulcher turned a religious scandal early in his career into a calculated move: he became a plebeian to qualify for tribune of the plebs. In 58 BC he passed six laws in quick succession, transforming Rome's grain dole from subsidised to free, annexing Cyprus to fund it, restoring the city's private guilds as distribution networks, and exiling Cicero for executing conspirators without trial during the Catilinarian conspiracy. His power base wasn't just his noble bloodline — it was the urban mobs he cultivated and aimed like a weapon, using violent control of public spaces to advance his agenda. As curule aedile in 56 BC he feuded with Titus Annius Milo, who commanded a rival mob, while shifting allegiances among Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus as opportunity demanded. On 18 January 52 BC, during his campaign for praetor, he and Milo met on the via Appia outside Rome; the encounter left Clodius dead. His supporters carried his body to the forum and cremated it inside the senate house, burning the building to the ground.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 2.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313664)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Publius%20Clodius%20Pulcher)
- [Publi Clodi Pulcre](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publi_Clodi_Pulcre)
- [Publius Clodius Pulcher](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher)
- [Publius Clodius Pulcher](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher)
- [Publius Clodius Pulcher](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher)
- [Πόπλιος Κλόδιος Πούλχερ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BB%CF%8C%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CF%87%CE%B5%CF%81)
- [Clodio](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clodio)
- [Klodio Pulker](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klodio_Pulker)
- [پوبلیوس کلودیوس پولچر](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DA%86%D8%B1)
- [Publius Clodius Pulcher](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher)
- [Publius Clodius Pulcher](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher)
- [פובליוס קלודיוס פולכר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A8)
- [Publije Klodije Pulher](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publije_Klodije_Pulher)
- [Publius Clodius Pulcher](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher)
- [Publio Clodio Pulcro](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publio_Clodio_Pulcro)
- [プブリウス・クロディウス・プルケル](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB)
- [푸블리우스 클로디우스 풀케르](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%91%B8%EB%B8%94%EB%A6%AC%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4_%ED%81%B4%EB%A1%9C%EB%94%94%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4_%ED%92%80%EC%BC%80%EB%A5%B4)
- [Publius Clodius Pulcher](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher)
- [Publius Clodius Pulcher](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher)
- [Publius C. Clodius](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_C._Clodius)
- [Publiusz Klodiusz Pulcher](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publiusz_Klodiusz_Pulcher)
- [Públio Clódio Pulcro](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAblio_Cl%C3%B3dio_Pulcro)
- [Публий Клодий Пульхр](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D1%80)
- [بوبليوس كلوديوس بولكر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1)
- [Публий Клодий Пулхер](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%80)

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