CLODIUS

'Clodius' is the Roman nomen Claudius altered to a spelling that would have sounded plebeian to Roman ears. The original alteration was a political maneuver by P. Clodius Pulcher.

★ Publius Clodius Pulcher, Republican politician

★ Clodia, second sister of Publius Clodius

★ Clodius Aesopus, tragedian 50s BC

★ Caius Clodius Vestalis, possible builder of Via Clodia

★ Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, senator during Nero's reign

★ Lucius Clodius Macer, legatus who revolted against Nero

★ Publius Clodius Quirinalis, from Arelate in Gaul, teacher of rhetoric in time of Nero

★ Decimus Clodius Albinus, rival emperor 196-197

★ Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus co-emperor 238
Clodio the Longhair, a chieftain of the Salian Franks, is sometime called "Clodius I".