Appianus may have been the son of Appius Claudius Pulcher, the consul of 38 BC.
François Catrou et Rouillé, Appianus served as a quaestor in the army of the Roman Triumvir Mark Antony.
[1] About 14 BC, Appianus married Claudia Marcella Minor, a daughter of Octavia the Younger; Claudia Marcella Minor's maternal uncle was the Roman emperor Augustus.
[1] Marcella bore Appianus two children, a daughter Claudia Pulchra and a son Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus.
[4][1] Although there has been some speculation that Claudia's father might actually have been Publius Claudius Pulcher, the son of Clodius.