Clodia Pulchra

Clodia Pulchra

Clodia (born Claudia, c. 95 or 94 BC), nicknamed Quadrantaria ("Quarter", from quadrantarius, the price of a visit to the public baths), Nola ("The Unwilling", from the verb nolo, in sarcastic reference to her alleged wantonness), Medea Palatina ("Medea of the Palatine") by Cicero (see below), and occasionally referred to in scholarship as Clodia Metelli ("Metellus's Clodia"), was one of three known daughters of the ancient Roman patrician Appius Claudius Pulcher. Like many other women of the Roman elite, Clodia was very well-educated in Greek and philosophy, with a special talent for writing poetry. Her life, which was characterized by perpetual scandal, is immortalized in the writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero and, it is generally believed, in the poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clodia Pulchra is the 1,342nd most popular writer (up from 1,645th in 2019), the 1,484th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,733rd in 2019) and the 100th most popular Italian Writer.

Clodia Pulchra is most famous for being the wife of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, a praetor. She was also the sister of the famous Roman orator Quintus Clodius Pulcher. The two brothers were involved in a famous incident in 59 BC when they were accused of conspiring to overthrow the government. Clodia Pulchra was also accused of adultery with Publius Clodius Pulcher, her brother's rival.