Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 79 BC)
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Appius Claudius Pulcher (c. 139 BC – 76 BC) was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC.
His father is uncertain — Gaius Claudius Pulcher or most likely Appius, Consul in 143 BC.[citation needed] 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.
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 Pulchra Prima (who changed her name to Clodia), wife of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer
- Claudia Pulchra Secunda, who married Quintus Marcius Rex
- Claudia Pulchra Tercia (b. c. 90 BC – aft. 66 BC), first wife of Lucius Licinius Lucullus Ponticus, whom she divorced in 66 BC
[edit] References
- Christian Settipani. Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale, 2000[page needed]
| Preceded by Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Publius Servilius Vatia 79 BC |
Succeeded by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Quintus Lutatius Catulus |
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