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Clodia Pulchra

wife of Metellus Celer

94 BC - 45 BC

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Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Clodia Pulchra is the 1,342nd most popular writer (up from 1,645th in 2024), the 1,486th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,733rd in 2019) and the 100th most popular Italian Writer.

Clodia Pulchra is most famous for being the wife of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, a praetor. She was also the sister of the famous Roman orator Quintus Clodius Pulcher. The two brothers were involved in a famous incident in 59 BC when they were accused of conspiring to overthrow the government. Clodia Pulchra was also accused of adultery with Publius Clodius Pulcher, her brother's rival.

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Clodia Pulchra climbed 2,954 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #19,455 to #16,514.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Clodia Pulchra ranks 1,342 out of 7,707. Before her are Barbara Cartland, Arnold van Gennep, Bharata Muni, Diana Gabaldon, Nora Roberts, and Joseph Mohr. After her are Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Giovanni Verga, Imru' al-Qais, Martha Gellhorn, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, and Ken Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 94 BC, Clodia Pulchra ranks 3. Before her are Lucretius, and Emperor Zhao of Han. After her are Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, and Marcus Claudius Marcellus. Among people deceased in 45 BC, Clodia Pulchra ranks 3. Before her are Gnaeus Pompeius, and Titus Labienus. After her are Quintus Fabius Maximus, Nigidius Figulus, and Marcus Claudius Marcellus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Clodia Pulchra ranks 1,486 out of 5,905. Before her are Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1538), Bernardo Pasquini (1637), Leonardo Leo (1694), Joe D'Amato (1936), Giovanni il Popolano (1467), and Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (1328). After her are Giovanni Verga (1840), Franco Alfano (1875), Luigi Facta (1861), Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (-49), Andrea Dandolo (1306), and Milo Manara (1945).

Among Writers In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Clodia Pulchra ranks 100. Before her are Matteo Bandello (1484), Cornelius Gallus (-69), Vittorio Alfieri (1749), Giovanni Papini (1881), Odoric of Pordenone (1286), and Quintus Fabius Pictor (-254). After her are Giovanni Verga (1840), Matteo Maria Boiardo (1441), Boris Pahor (1913), Ignazio Silone (1900), Francesco Maria Piave (1810), and Claudio Magris (1939).

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