Публий Клодий Пульхр
Caelius was charged with "vis" (political violence), one of the most serious crimes in Republican Rome. Caelius' prosecutors, Lucius Sempronius Atratinus, Publius Clodius (it has been suggested to be Publius Clodius Pulcher, but it was more likely a freedman or relative), and Lucius Herennius Balbus, charged him with the following crimes: