 claudia pulchra was the name of several women of roman gens of claudii during the 1st century bc and 1st century ad. the latin pulchra (meaning 'beautiful') is the root of the english word pulchritude (meaning 'beauty'). ==wife of tiberius gracchus== claudia, daughter of appius claudius pulcher, who was consul of 143 bc and his wife antistia. wife of tiberius gracchus.plutarch, tiberius gracchus ==relatives of publius clodius== claudia pulchra was the name of the three daughters of appius claudius pulcher, praetor of 88 bc, and his wife caecilia metella balearica. claudia prima and claudia secunda we know little of. the youngest daughter, claudia tertia, is better known as clodia pulchra. they were the elder sisters of publius clodius pulcher. clodia pulchra, also known simply as clodia or claudia, was the daughter of publius clodius pulcher and fulvia flacca bambula (later married to mark antony). clodia was briefly married to octavian (later augustus). ==daughters of appius claudius pulcher (praetor 57 bc)== claudia pulchra major was the elder daughter of appius claudius pulcher (consul 54 bc), praetor of 57 bc, elder brother of publius clodius. she was the first wife of marcus junius brutus,cicero. ad fam. iii. 4. who was praetor of 44 bc and the most famous of julius caesar's assassins. this marriage was very useful to claudia's father as brutus was very wealthy and it allied him with the leader of optimates, cato the younger, who was brutus' uncle. when claudia's father was accused of bribery by publius cornelius dolabella in 50 bc, brutus was part of the faction that helped have him acquitted. in 45 bc brutus divorced claudia, without stating his reasons, so that he could marry porcia catonis, who was the daughter of cato and his first cousin.plutarch, marcus brutus, 13.3.cicero. brutus. 77, 94 claudia is not mentioned again. claudia pulchra minor was the younger daughter of appius claudius pulcher. she was married to gnaeus pompeius who was the son of pompey the great and his third wife mucia tertia. little is known of her life. ==great-niece of augustus== claudia pulchra (pir2 c 1116, 14 bc-26) was a patrician woman of ancient rome who lived during the reigns of the roman emperors augustus and tiberius. she was a daughter of claudia marcella minor and the roman consul of 12 bc, marcus valerius messalla appianus.lightman, a to z of ancient greek and roman women, p.205 her younger brother was marcus valerius messalla barbatus, the father of valeria messalina who was her niecebarrett, agrippina: sex, power, and politics in the early empire, p.78 and would become the wife o
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