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Clodia - Lesbia
Clodia, the sister of Clodius Pulcher and wife of Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer is thought to have been the woman Catullus immortalized in his poetry about Lesbia. "Unfortunate in her own time to have been immortalized as a beautiful slut by two of the greatest writers of the time - Catullus and Cicero - Clodia, the immortal 'Lesbia,' has come down to us as a symbol of late-Republican decadence." (web.mac.com/heraklia/Dominae/Influence/Clodia/index.html)
Clodia -Claudia
Information on Clodia, the Lesbia of the poetry of Catullus.
Elite Roman Women
Page from Diotima with quotes about Clodia and some of the men in her life.
Cicero on Clodia
Speaking in defense of his client Marcus Caelius Rufus, Cicero condemns the character of Clodius Pulcher's sister Clodia.
Plebian
The term plebian is synonymous with lower class, but by the time of Caesar, the patrician Claudius chose to become a plebian in order to hold an important political office.