person
Marcus Clodius Archagathus (of Halaesa)
Archagathus
also: M. Clodios Archagathum, Marcus Clodius Archagathus, Archagathum
Elder of two brothers from the town of Halaesa in Sicily, bearing a Roman nomen (Clodius) and Greek cognomen (Archagathus). Connected to Cicero both by hospitium (guest-friendship) and familiaritas (intimate friendship). Commended to the proconsul M'. Acilius Glabrio in 13.32.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 13.32 §1 both by ties of hospitality and by intimate friendship, the brothers Marcus and Gaius Clodius --- Archagathus and Philo
The two brothers bear a Roman nomen (Clodius) alongside Greek cognomina (Archagathus, Philo), the typical pattern for Sicilian elite families enfranchised under the late Republic; their double connection to Cicero --- hospitium (formal guest-friendship) and familiaritas (intimate personal friendship) --- places them at the top tier of his Sicilian network.