MILO, TITUS ANNIUS PAPIANI's (me. 95-4S). A Roman politician. Ile was born at Lanuvium. and belonged to a distinguished family. Few de tails of his life are known till his election as tribune of the people in n.c. 57. He was then a partisan of Pompey,and attempted to bring about the recall of Cicero from exile. This measure was bitterly opposed by Clodius, who, as tribune of the people. had peen instrumental in passing the law condemning Cicero to exile. Milo attempted to have Clodius condemned as a violator of the.
public peace. but the proceedings were quashed. Both Milo and Clodins now hired a body-guard of gladiators. and armed collisions between their retainers became almost every-day occurrences. About this time Milo married Sulla's (laughter, Fausta. for her fortune. In 51; Clodins was elected curiae :ethic. and accused :Milo of being a violator of the public peace by keeping a farce of armed retainers. Pompey conducted the defense of Milo, but nn decision was ever reached. In 53 Milo offered himself as a eandidate for the consulship. Clodins opposed the candidature Milo, who Was defended in the Senate by Cicero in a of which sonic fragments are still extant. On
January 20th of the next year :Milo Was on his way to Lamivhim from Rome. accompanied by band of gladiators. Clodins. also with an armed company, met him near Bovithe. Milo and Clodius passed each other without trouble; but some of :Milos followers picked a quarrel with the slaves of Clodins, who attenipted to interpose, and was stabbed in the shoulder by one of MHO'S men. Clodins was taken to a tavern in Bovilhe, lint was drageed out by the slaves of Milo and put to tleath. The corpse of Clodins was placed on the rostra of the Forum in Rome and a mob set tire to the Senate house. These acts of violence created a reaction in favor of Milo. who ventured to return to Rome. :Milo was tried for the murder of Clodins. and though defended by Cicero. he was condemned to exile, and went to :Marseilles. In his absence be Was tried and comlemned on eharges of of bribery. and conspiracy. In 44 he went back to Italy. without permissitm, to join Marcus Cadius, an expelled Senator, who was attempting to ex cite a rebellion in South Italy. and he was killed before a tort near Thnrii. See Croons PULCHER.