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.
... and possibly bishop of Croton. In approximately 580, he wrote "De origine actibusque Getarum[?]" (The origin and deeds of the Goths), "De breviatione chronicorum" and ...