A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

36. C.ClaudiusPulcher, son of No. 29, when curule aedile excluded slaves from the Megalesian games which he celebrated. (Cic. de Har. Resp. 12.) In B. C. 73 he was praetor (Plut. Crass. 9), and commanded an army against Spartacus, by whom he was defeated at mount Vesuvius. (Liv. Epit. 95; Oros. 5.24.)