Appius Claudius Pulcher (mai ba da shawara 54 BC)

Appius Claudius Pulcher (97-49 BC) dan asalin Roma ne, ɗan siyasa kuma janar a ƙarni na farko BC. Ya kasance wakilin Jamhuriyar Roma a cikin 54 BC. Ya kasance gwani a cikin Dokar Romawa da kayan tarihi, musamman ma ilimin esoteric na kwalejin Augural wanda ya kasance memba mai rikitarwa. Ya kasance shugaban babban layin dangin da ya fi iko na Patrician Claudii . Claudii na ɗaya daga cikin manyan iyalai biyar (gentes maiores ko "Babban Ƙungiyoyi") waɗanda suka mamaye rayuwar zamantakewa da siyasa ta Roma daga farkon shekarun jamhuriya. An fi saninsa da mai karɓar 13 daga cikin haruffa da ke cikin ad Familiares corpus na Cicero (dukan littafin III), wanda ya kasance daga 53 zuwa 50 BC. Ba su haɗa da amsoshin Appius ga Cicero ba. Har ila yau, an san shi da kasancewa babban ɗan'uwan Clodius da Clodia.

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Appius shi ne ɗan fari kuma babban magaji na Appius Claudius Pulcher (kwararren 79 BC), wanda ya gaje shi a matsayin shugaban babban layin Claudii Pulchri lokacin da dattijo Appius ya mutu yana yakin neman zabe a Dutsen Rhodope a matsayin gwamnan Makidoniya a 76 BC.

Farkon aiki, 76-67 BC

Mutuwar mahaifinsa ta bar Appius shugaban danginsa mai iko yana da shekaru 20 ko 21, amma yana fama da 'yan'uwa maza biyu,' yan'uwa mata biyu da ba su yi aure ba da kuɗi kaɗan. Wannan talauci ne kawai, amma ya tabbatar da amincin mahaifinsa, wanda a bayyane yake bai sami riba sosai ba, idan ba haka ba, daga lokacin haramtacciyar lokacin da ba su da kyau, mafi sanannun Marcus Licinius Crassus da Gaius Curio pater, sun sami wadata mai yawa daga dukiyar da aka kwace na wadanda aka kashe a Marian na Sulla.

Appius ya sami taimako mai karimci daga Lucius Licinius Lucullus, wanda bayan ya dawo daga aikinsa na Afirka a 75 BC ya amince ya auri 'yar'uwarta mafi ƙanƙanta ba tare da sadaki ba. Ya kuma ba da wani muhimmin gado ga Appius, wanda a rayuwarsa ta baya ya nuna dawowar iyalinsa zuwa yanayi mai kyau daga wannan kyautar.

Dangantaka mai kyau ta Appius da dangin Varro ta jimre. Ɗan Varro mai suna (an haife shi a shekara ta 80 KZ) daga baya ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin abokansa mafi kusa, yana aiki a matsayin quaestor a cikin shekarar mutuwar Appius, kuma daga baya ɗaya daga cikin manyan haruffa masu rikitarwa da ban sha'awa na farkon mulkin Agusta a cikin ilimin zamani: A. Terentius Varro Murena, wanda ya mutu a farkon makonni (ko kwanaki) na ofishinsa a 23 KZ.

Ya yi aiki a kan ma'aikatan surukinsa Lucullus, babban kwamandan sojojin Romawa a Asiya a farkon rabin Yaƙin Mithridatic na Uku . Wataƙila Appius ya tafi tare da Lucullus daga farkon 73 BC, kodayake ba a tabbatar da shi kai tsaye a gabas ba har zuwa kaka na 71 bayan mamayar gabashin Kappadokia Pontike (Pontus), lokacin da Lucullos ya tura shi ga Sarkin Armeniya Tigranes don neman mika wuya ga Mithridates VI.

Halinsa da maganarsa sun ɓata wa Tigranes rai, wanda ya kira kansa Sarkin Sarakuna, wanda ya saba da bikin kotu na gabas sama da shekaru ashirin. Wannan ba kawai gaskiya ne na Romawa ba kowace rana, amma girman kai da appietas na Kulawa. Rashin nasarar wannan aikin ya haifar da yakin farko na Roma da Armenia, wanda Lucullus ya fara a 69 BC.

Lucullus watakila ya aika da saurayi Appius da gangan, ya san cewa ba za a karɓi halinsa ba a kotun Sarkin Sarakuna. Wataƙila ya aika da L. Fannius ko L. Magius, dukansu biyu suna da gogewa a kotun Pontic, kuma wasikar da ya aika wa Tigranes yana magana da shi kawai a matsayin Sarki, maimakon Sarkin Sarakuna, kusan tabbas ya kasance zagi ne da gangan na ingantaccen tsarin diflomasiyya. Tigranes tabbas ya dauke shi kamar haka.