After losing the Battle of Drepana, his sister Claudia was prosecuted for insulting the Plebs. Whilst travelling through the streets of Rome, the progress of her carriage had been blocked by a crowd. She was then heard to have wished her brother would lose another battle and drown some more of the poorer citizens.[1]
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Curule aedile in 253 BC, as consul in 249 he was given command of the Roman fleet during the First Punic War. He lost the Battle of Drepana against the Carthaginians after ignoring a bad omen. According to Valerius Maximus, Suetonius[2] and Cicero,[3] when the sacred chickens refused to eat, Claudius threw them into the sea, saying: "Since they do not wish to eat, let them drink!" (Latin "Bibant, quoniam edere nollent"). He was recalled to Rome and ordered to appoint a dictator; his nomination of his subordinate Marcus Claudius Glicia was overruled. He was tried for incompetence and impiety, avoiding capital or corporal punishment due to double jeopardy and was instead fined a 120,000 assēs, 1,000 for each ship Rome had lost in the battle against Carthage.[4] He died soon afterwards, possibly by suicide.
publius, claudius, pulcher, consul, publius, claudius, pulcher, died, roman, politician, contents, family, career, references, external, linksfamily, editson, appius, claudius, caecus, publius, first, claudii, given, cognomen, pulcher, handsome, also, father, . Publius Claudius Pulcher died 249 BC 246 BC was a Roman politician Contents 1 Family 2 Career 3 References 4 External linksFamily editSon of Appius Claudius Caecus Publius was the first of the Claudii to be given the cognomen Pulcher handsome He was also the father of Appius Claudius Pulcher consul in 212 BC After losing the Battle of Drepana his sister Claudia was prosecuted for insulting the Plebs Whilst travelling through the streets of Rome the progress of her carriage had been blocked by a crowd She was then heard to have wished her brother would lose another battle and drown some more of the poorer citizens 1 Career editCurule aedile in 253 BC as consul in 249 he was given command of the Roman fleet during the First Punic War He lost the Battle of Drepana against the Carthaginians after ignoring a bad omen According to Valerius Maximus Suetonius 2 and Cicero 3 when the sacred chickens refused to eat Claudius threw them into the sea saying Since they do not wish to eat let them drink Latin Bibant quoniam edere nollent He was recalled to Rome and ordered to appoint a dictator his nomination of his subordinate Marcus Claudius Glicia was overruled He was tried for incompetence and impiety avoiding capital or corporal punishment due to double jeopardy and was instead fined a 120 000 asses 1 000 for each ship Rome had lost in the battle against Carthage 4 He died soon afterwards possibly by suicide References edit Goldsworthy The Fall of Carthage p 122 Suetonius Tiberius Cicero M Tullius De natura deorum Perseus Digital Library p 2 7 Retrieved 17 February 2016 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Law amp Order in Ancient Rome The Case of the Sacred Chicken Killer YouTube External links editSheridan Paul 8 November 2015 The Sacred Chickens of Rome Anecdotes from Antiquity Retrieved 17 November 2015 Political officesPreceded byGaius Atilius Regulus and Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus Consul of the Roman Republic249 BCwith Lucius Junius Pullus Succeeded byGaius Aurelius Cotta and Publius Servilius Geminus nbsp This biographical article related to the military of Ancient Rome is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an Ancient Roman politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Publius Claudius Pulcher consul 249 BC amp oldid 1161736677, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
