odius subsequently attacked the workmen who were
rebuilding Cicero's house at the public cost, assaulted Cicero himself
in the street, and set fire to the house of Q. Cicero. In 56, when
curule aedile, he impeached Milo for public violence (_de vi_), when
defending his house against the attacks of Clodius, and also charged him
with keeping armed bands in his service. Judicial proceedings were
hindered by outbreaks of disturbance, and the matter was finally
dropped. In 53, when Milo was a candidate for the consulship, and
Clodius for the praetorship, the rivals collected armed bands and fights
took place in the streets of Rome, and on the 20th of January 52 Clodius
was slain near Bovillae.

His sister, CLODIA, wife of Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer, was notorious
for her numerous love affairs. It is now generally admitted that she was
the Lesbia of Catullus (Teuffel-Schwabe, _Hist. of Roman Lit._, Eng.
tr., 214, 3). For her intrigue with M. Caelius Rufus, whom she
afterwards pursued with unrelenting hatred and accused of attempting to
poison her, see Cicero, _Pro Caelio_, where she is represented as a
woman of abandoned character.

AUTHORITIES.--Cicero, _Letters_ (ed. Tyrrell and Purser), _Pro Caelio,
pro Sestio, pro Milone, pro Domo sua, de Haruspicum Responsis, in
Pisonem_; Plutarch, _Lucullus, Pompey, Cicero, Caesar_; Dio Cassius
xxxvi. 16, 19, xxxvii. 45, 46, 51, xxxviii. 12-14, xxxix. 6, 11, xl.
48. See also I. Gentile, _Clodio e Cicerone_ (Milan, 1876); E. S.
Beesley, "Cicero and Clodius," in _Fortnightly Review_, v.; G.
Lacour-Gayet, _De P. Clodio Pulchro_ (Paris, 1888), and in _Revue
historique_ (Sept. 1889); H. White, _Cicero, Clodius and Milo_ (New
York, 1900); G. Boissier, _Cicero and his Friends_ (Eng. trans.,
1897).

FOOTNOTE:

[1] It is suggested (W. M. Lindsay, _The Latin Language_, p. 41) that
he changed his name Claudius into the plebeian form Clodius, in order
to gain the favour of the mob.

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