He was the father of a number of renowned Romans, most notable: the infamous Clodius and Clodia.
[1] He was a supporter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and served as praetor in 88 BC.
He was exiled in that year by Gaius Marius while Sulla was away in the east.
Appius Claudius Pulcher was likely married to a Caecilia Metella (a daughter of Balearicus), although this is not universally agreed upon, T. P. Wiseman believes that his wife was a Servilia Caepione[2] (it is known that there was a Servilia around this time that was the wife of a Pulcher, but it is not known who either of them were).
[2] He had six known children: T. P. Wiseman also speculated that Clodia the wife of Aulus Ofilius may have been one of his daughters.