did not expect to be the ones injured in street brawls. So on this day, when one of Milo’s men drove a knife into Clodius’ back, it was a surprise to everyone. Reports differ on what precisely happened. Cicero, speaking in Milo’s defence at his trial, minimises the murder and makes the whole thing sound like Clodius selfishly threw himself on Milo’s slave’s dagger on purpose while Milo was looking in the opposite direction.
