The Murder of Clodius

What happened to escalate the quarrel into a battle?

• Clodius challenged the gladiators who started it

• Birria struck Clodius with a spear

• Milo's wife fell out of the carriage

• Cicero showed up and incited a revolt

How did Milo's men react to the fighting?

• They fled and left him on his own

• They chose a champion to fight one on one with one of Clodius' men

• They ran up toward the fighting

• They tried to calm the situation down

Where was Clodius taken after he was wounded?

• Back to Aricia

• To the nearest inn in Bovilla

• Into Milo's carriage

• Hidden in the forest

What did Milo think was a problem if Clodius lived?

• It would be more dangerous for him (Milo)

• Clodius tried to seduce his wife and was afraid she would leave him for good

• He really wanted Cicero to come back from exile and didn't think that would happen

• He didn't think it was a problem

What did Milo think if he killed Clodius?

• He couldn't even think about it

• He came up with a plan to blame it on someone else

• He thought it would be a great consolation, even if he ended up being punished

• He thought killing Clodius would be more dangerous than not killing him

How did Clodius meet his end?

• He was dragged out of the inn and finished off with many wounds

• Birria hit him with another spear

• He was brought back to Rome to face execution

• Milo challenged him to a gladiator duel in front of all the servi

What happened to Clodius' body and why?

• Milo took it as proof for how tough he was

• It was left in the road because all of Clodius' men were also severely wounded and hiding

• It was brought back into the inn and protected by his men

Who eventually found the corpse?

• Cicero when he was heading to the Senate House to give a speech

• Caesar on his way back from battle

• Clodia, his sister

• Sextus Teidius, a senator returning to Rome from the country on the same road

What did the senator do when he discovered the body?

• Held a roadside burial for Clodius

• Returned his body to his family

• Put the body in his carriage and headed back the way he was going

• Sent one of his men ahead to find help