252:. Similarly – it appears for literary effect – Livy also endowed the Claudians of the republican period in his history with an overbearing and contemptuous arrogance, of which Pulcher's joke appointment was supposed to be an example; his characterisation may indicate an uncomfortableness between the historian and the Julio-Claudian imperial family of his time. Wilson also suggests that after Glicia's appointment, an understanding emerged that any person nominated to the dictatorship should be a former consul.
186:; Claudius' sacred chickens were used for auguries. "Unused to the pitching decks of a Roman trireme", they refused to eat: a bad omen. Pulcher infamously responding by ordering that they should be thrown into the sea with the phrase "If they will not eat, let them drink!". The tale was mentioned by the first century AD historian
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In response to the senatorial request for a dictator and "apparently out of spite" and in jest, Pulcher nominated as dictator "the most inappropriate man he could think of": Glicia. The dictator's tenure was extremely short-lived; the senate induced him – via unknown means – to resign immediately. It
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is read to mean "kind", it could be reflection of Glicia's lack of character, with "Livy... suggesting from his observation that subsequently Glicia shamelessly wore a purple stripe to games like any other ex-dictator". Suetonius renders Glicia's name as "Glycias", however, which could indicate that
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Pulcher, consul, obstinately persisting, notwithstanding the omens were inauspicious, engages the enemy's fleet, and is beaten; drowns the sacred chickens which would not feed: recalled by the senate, and ordered to nominate a dictator; he appoints Claudius Glicia, one of the lowest of the
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was appointed in his stead and became the first dictator to lead a Roman army outside of Italy. After laying down the office, Glicia furthered the controversy by attending the Roman games wearing a purple-bordered
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