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Gracchus
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, tribune of the people in 133 BC, who proposed giving land to the poor and was killed by his opponents. His brother Gaius Gracchus died in 121 BC.
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Mary Beard
Explained in
- SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Mary Beard
- On Friendship, Marcus Tullius Cicero
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, a Roman politician of the second century BC who pushed through a land reform and was killed by his opponents. Laelius judges his actions with hostility.