 He arrived at Thessalonica, on 23 May 58 BC.In his absence, Clodius, who lived next door to Cicero on the Palatine, arranged for Cicero's house to be confiscated by the state, and was even able to purchase a part of the property in order to extend his own house.After demolishing Cicero's house, Clodius had the land consecrated and symbolically erected a temple of Liberty ("aedes Libertatis") on the vacant spot.