Gaius Claudius Pulcher (consul 177 BC)

{{short description|Roman senator}}

Gaius Claudius Pulcher (died 167 BC), consul in 177 BC, was the son of Appius Claudius Pulcher, consul in 212 BC, and he was the father of Appius Claudius Pulcher, consul in 143 BC.Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12582/12582-h/12582-h.htm#g44 xxxiii.44]; William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605232013/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0778.html i.769.]}}

Augur in 195 BC, suffect praetor peregrinus in 180 BC, during his consulate in 177 BC, he set out to fight against the Istrians,Polybius, Histories, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D25%3Achapter%3D4 xxv.4.] but failed to perform the proper ceremonies and was forced to return to Rome.Livy, [http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/Livy41.html xli.10.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204105210/http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/Livy41.html |date=2008-12-04 }} Setting out again, he defeated the Istrians and moved on to fight the Ligurians, recovering the town of Mutina.Livy, xli.10-18.

In 169 BC, he was elected censor with Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, his former co-consul. Their censorship was quite severe and, as a result, they were impeached. They were acquitted due to Gracchus's popularity with the people.Livy, [http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/Livy43.html xliii.14-16], [http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/Livy45.html xlv.15]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819194021/http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/Livy45.html |date=2017-08-19 }} Valerius Maximus, Factorum et Dictorum Mermorabilium, [http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/valmax6.html vi.5.3.] Later, in 167 BC, he went as part of an embassy to Macedon.Livy, xlv.17; Polybius, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D30%3Achapter%3D13 xxx.13.] In that year, he died.Livy, xlv.44.