Claudia (vestal)

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Claudia was an ancient Roman Vestal Virgin and the daughter of Appius Claudius Pulcher, consul in 143 BC. [1] She intervened to save her father from attack by a group of plebeians. The crowd attempted to drag him from his chariot during the celebration of his triumph, but Claudia interposed herself between her father and the attackers and accompanied her father up to the capital.

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References

  1. Smith, William. "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol. 1". Little, Brown, and Company, 1870. Retrieved 1 July 2013.