Clodius

{{Short description|Historiography of the Roman name, with list of historic and legendary examples}}

File:Silver denarius of Clodius Macer 68 CE.jpg issued for the anti-Neronian rebel Clodius Macer in 68 AD]]

Clodius is an alternate form of the Roman nomen Claudius, a patrician gens that was traditionally regarded as Sabine in origin. The alternation of o and au is characteristic of the Sabine dialect. The feminine form is Clodia.

Republican era

=Publius Clodius Pulcher=

=Other Clodii of the Republic=

In addition to Clodius, Clodii from the Republican era include:

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus, presumably a "Clodius" before his adoption
Clodius Aesopus, a tragic actor in the 50s BC who may have been a freedman of one of the Clodii Pulchri.
Claudia, daughter of Clodius Pulcher and Fulvia, the first wife of emperor Augustus.
Clodia, sister of Publius Clodius Pulcher, sometimes identified in Catullus' poems as "Lesbia".

Women of the Claudii Marcelli branch were often called "Clodia" in the late Republic.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/12853591|title=cadet line of Servilii Caepiones (ver.2)|first=Mark|last=Passehl|access-date=3 December 2021|website=Academia.edu}}

Imperial era

File:Rilievo funerario di p. clodius philonicus, 70-100 dc..JPG for Publius Clodius Philonicus, 70–100 AD]]

People using the name Clodius during the period of the Roman Empire include:

Gaius Clodius Licinus, consul suffectus in AD 4.
Gaius Clodius Vestalis, possible builder of the Via Clodia
Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, senator and philosopher during the reign of Nero
Lucius Clodius Macer, a legatus who revolted against Nero
Publius Clodius Quirinalis, from Arelate in Gaul, teacher of rhetoric in time of Nero
Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus, commonly known as Clodius Albinus, rival emperor 196–197
Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus, known as Pupienus, co-emperor 238
Titus Clodius Pupienus Pulcher Maximus, son of emperor Pupienus and suffect consul c. 235

=Clodii Celsini=

The Clodii Celsini continued to practice the traditional religions of antiquity in the face of Christian hegemony through at least the 4th century, when Clodius Celsinus Adelphius (see below) converted.Bernice M. Kaczynski, "Faltonia Betitia Proba: A Virgilian Cento in Praise of Christ," in Women Writing Latin (Routledge, 2002), vol. 1, p. 132 [https://books.google.com/books?id=rjzBMLaT_lcC&dq=Clodius+Celsinus&pg=PA132 online.] Members of this branch include:

Quintus Fabius Clodius Agrippianus Celsinus, proconsul of Caria in 249 and the son of Clodius Celsinus (b. ca. 185); see for other members of the family.
Clodius Celsinus Adelphius, praefectus urbi in 351.
Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius, consul 379

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