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Pulcher

Pulcher, a Latin word meaning "beautiful", was a cognomen used by a branch of the Claudian family in ancient Rome. Some members used the spelling Clodius for the gens name.

  • Publius Claudius Pulcher (died 249 BC/246 BC)
  • Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 212 BC)
  • Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 185 BC)
  • Gaius Claudius Pulcher (consul 177 BC)
  • Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 143 BC)
  • Appius Claudius Pulcher (praetor 88 BC)
  • Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 54 BC)
  • Publius Clodius Pulcher (born around 92 BC, died 52 BC)

Usage examples of "pulcher".

Rome by soldiering, but by stirring up so much trouble for Tigranes in Antioch that the King of Kings had rued his decision to put Appius Claudius Pulcher in his place by making him kick his heels for months waiting for an audience.

On this day the restored exiles-men like Appius Claudius Pulcher, Metellus Pius, Varro Lucullus and Marcus Crassus-marched not as senators of Rome, but as restored exiles, though Sulla considerately spared them the indignity of having to don the Cap of Liberty, normally the headgear of freedmen.

Neither you nor Jud B ever came into being, since the existence of both of you dates from a point later than your visit to Pulcheria, and you never made that visit, having been plucked out of the time-flow before you got a chance to do it.

Theodosius the younger was never reduced to the disgraceful necessity of encountering and punishing a rebellious subject: and since we cannot applaud the vigor, some praise may be due to the mildness and prosperity, of the administration of Pulcheria.

After the failure of the Theodosian life, the choice of Pulcheria and of the senate might be justified in some measure by the characters of Martin and Leo, but the latter of these princes confirmed and dishonored his reign by the perfidious murder of Aspar and his sons, who too rigorously exacted the debt of gratitude and obedience.

But as Pulcher strutted past he felt a heavy hand on his shoulder and, click, click, his wrists were circled with steel.