Lineage
Eldest son and chief heir of Appius Claudius Pulcher (cos.79), whom he succeeded as head of the main line of Claudii Pulchri when Appius pater died campaigning in the Rhodope Mountains as Macedonian commander in 76 BC. Heir of a diverse political heritage: his father was an optimate, or Aristocratic party supporter of Sulla during the first civil war, his grandfather the leading supporter of the radical populares Tiberius Gracchus (tr.p. 133) who was his son-in-law.
Recent family stemma.
c.138 c.164 ignota = (2) Ap.Claudius Pulcher (1) = Antistia (Fonteia?)| cos.143, cens.136 |(Vetorum) | (c.186-130) | | | | ___________________|__________ | | | | | c.143 | Claudia Claudia Ap.Pulcher Claudia = Q.Philippus ______________| Vestal minor (c.159-135/1) Tertia | mint IIIvir c.129 | | b.c.163 Gracchi | b.c.157| b.c.160s C.Pulcher Ap.Pulcher b.c.161 x | (c.136-92) (c.130-76) ________|______ cos.92 cos.79 | | | L.Philippus Q.Philippus | (c.141-c.74) (c.143-c.105) | cos.91 | _______________|_______________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Claudiae Claudia Tertia APPIUS PULCHER C.Pulcher Claudia Quarta P.Clodius Claudia Quinta maior et Q.Marci Regis (97-49) cos.54 (96-c.30s) Metelli Celeris tr.pl.58 L.Luculli minor (b.c.98) augur cens.50 pr.56 (b.c.94) (93-53) (b.92/0) (b.100-99)Read more about this topic: Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 54 BC)
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