Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman politician (born 93 BC)

Publius Clodius Pulcher

Roman politician and street agitator (93–52 BC)

Publius Clodius Pulcher was a Roman politician and demagogue. A noted opponent of Cicero, he was responsible during his plebeian tribunate in 58 BC for a massive expansion of the Roman grain dole as well as Cicero's exile from the city. Leader of one of the political mobs in the…