Publius Claudius Pulcher (consul 184 BC)

Publius Claudius Pulcher was a member of the Roman patrician family of the Claudian and 184 BC consul.

Life

Publius Claudius Pulcher was the second son of the consul of 212 BC, Appius Claudius Pulcher. The first known office of his cursus honorum is his curule aedile, he held 189 BC. 187 BC he was praetor.

185 BC practiced Publius ' brother Appius Claudius Pulcher from the Consulate and supported in this function active Publius ' candidacy for the highest state office for the following year. Through this fraternal assistance Publius Claudius Pulcher was elected consul for 184 surprisingly BC, where he had Lucius Porcius Licinius to the counterpart. Both consuls were sent to war to Liguria, without that they achieved greater victories. The Roman historian Livy reports that he was aware nothing worth mentioning from their consulate.

According to a Publius Claudius Pulcher Elogium new settlers had (today Calvi Risorta in the province of Caserta) performed in the colony located in Campania Cales, before he became consul. 181 BC, he was a consular one of three commissioners who founded a Roman colony in Graviscae on the Etruscan Coast.