Clodius is the RomannomenClaudius altered to a spelling that would have sounded plebeian to Roman ears. The original alteration was a political maneuver by P. Clodius Pulcher.
... chemist and inventor of the Periodic table
May 19 - Auguste Molinier, French historian
July 14 - Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer
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