Imperial Era
People using the name Clodius during the period of the Roman Empire include:
- Caius Clodius Vestalis, possible builder of the Via Clodia
- Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, senator and philosopher during the reign of Nero
- Lucius Clodius Macer, a legatus who revolted against Nero
- Publius Clodius Quirinalis, from Arelate in Gaul, teacher of rhetoric in time of Nero
- Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus, commonly known as Clodius Albinus, rival emperor 196-197
- Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus, known as Pupienus, co-emperor 238
- Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius, consul 379
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—Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus, 44:14.
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