Claudia.

About Claudia

Claudia was a Roman woman accused and convicted of treason, for which she was forced to pay a fine, the first woman convicted of treason in the Roman Republic. This incident is recounted in four separate Roman sources—those of Valerius Maximus, Livy, Suetonius, and Aulus Gellius. All sources agree that she was the sister of the consul Publius Claudius Pulcher, who had previously suffered a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Drepana, leading to much loss of life on the part of the Romans. Suetonius records that, whilst her carriage was slowly passing through a mass of people, she expressed a wish that her brother should come to life so he could lose another fleet, thereby reducing the size of the crowds in Rome. Livy states that Claudia was returning from the games and being "jostled by the crowd" when she supposedly uttered the exact words "O that my brother were alive to command another fleet!". The account from Valerius Maximus corroborates many of the details mentioned by Livy—Maximus also records that she was returning home from the games and was being jostled by the crowed.