Clodia is a central character in the novel Clodia by Robert DeMaria. Clodia plays a role in the Ides of March, an epistolary novel by Thornton Wilder covering the events leading to the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Clodia (flourished 1st century bc) was a profligate Roman beauty and sister of the demagogue Publius Clodius. She was married in 63 bc to Quintus Metellus Celer and was suspected of responsibility for his death in 59 bc .

Aug 30, 2014 · Clodia Metelli lived in the first century BC, a time when the Roman Republic was controlled by a handful of affluent families, whose quarrels would soon lead to civil war and the rise of an empire. Clodia descended from one of these families, a branch of the Claudian line.

"Clodia" published on by Oxford University Press. During the final decades of the Roman Republic, Clodia, usually designated “Clodia Metelli” to differentiate her from her two like-named sisters, was one of its most prominent and politically involved noblewomen.

Clodius, an ambitious politician, is best known for his demagoguery during the late 60s and most of the 50s. Though born into an aristocratic family, he recognized that he could gain power faster by being elected tribune and appealing to the lower classes as well as to those who felt disenfranchised.

Jan 9, 2025 · This is the case with Clodia, who was a fiercely independent woman who briefly centered political discourse in Rome despite not being the most colorful lady of her era. Who was Clodia Metelli? Clodia Metelli lived in the first century BC when only a few wealthy families ruled the Roman Republic.

Clodia Metelli is one of the most enigmatic female figures from ancient Rome.

Clodia (klō´dĕə), fl. 1st cent. BC, Roman matron, famous among the ancient Romans for her beauty; sister of Publius Clodius. She was suspected of murdering her husband, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer (see Metellus, family), and she accused her lover, Marcus Caelius Rufus, of trying to murder her.

May 15, 2021 · One of the most fascinating women from Ancient Rome shrouded in a cloak of secrecy, Clodia is famous because of a rumour among ancient writers that she killed her own husband *insert shock horror music*. Our two main sources come from the poet Catullus (who does not reference her by name, by the way), and Cicero, in his speech Pro Caelio.

Clodia (auch – zur Unterscheidung von ihren Schwestern – Clodia Metelli, ursprünglich Claudia; * um 90 v. Chr.; † nach 44 v. Chr.) war eine der umstrittensten Frauen der späten römischen Republik. Sie war mit Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer verheiratet.