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Episode CII - Clodia

Emperors of Rome

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Catullan Corpus - Pseudonyms in Poetry

In the catullan corpus, they're all o lay things that they are. So if lesbia is clodia, then that would kind of corroborate what cicero is saying about her sleeping around andye. Some people who make that alignment absolute think that she leaves catullus for calius. If you want to build a chronology like that, you can. However, it's not on completely certain ground.

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