Honours for Gaius Clodius
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: First century BCE
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Bibliography

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Apparatus

Γάϊον Κλώδιον Ἀππίω υἱὸν Πόλχρον στραταγὸν ὕπατον Ῥωμαίων τὸν εὐεργέταν καὶ πάτρωνα Κυραναῖοι

Translation

Gaius Claudius Pulcher, son of Appius, general and consul of the Romans; the Cyrenaeans honoured him as their benefactor and patron.

Commentary

Line 2: for the term στραταγὸν ὑπατον Ῥωμαίων see the study by M. Holleaux, Στρατηγὸς ὕπατος, étude sur la traduction en grec du titre consulaire, (Paris 1918), making it clear that this does not describe a proconsul; must belong before the provincialization of Cyrene.

For Claudius Pulcher, consul in 92 BCE, see DPRR CLAU1753; he seems to have been appointed, as an experienced senior senator, to deal with the challenges involved in setting up a new province; see further E. Badian, 'Two more Roman non-entities', Phoenix 25 (1971), 134-144.