Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (c. 163 – 133 BC) was a Roman politician best known for his agrarian reform law entailing the transfer of land from the Roman state and wealthy landowners to poorer citizens. He had also served in the Roman army, fighting in Africa during the Third Punic War and in Spain during the Numantine War.
His political future was imperilled during his quaestorship when he was forced to negotiate a humiliating treaty with the Numantines after they had surrounded the army he was part of in Spain. Seeking to rebuild that future and reacting to a supposed decline in the Roman population which he blamed on rich families buying up Italian land, he carried a land reform bill against strong opposition by another tribune during his term as tribune of the plebs in 133 BC. To pass and protect his reforms, Tiberius unprecedentedly had the tribune who opposed his programme deposed from office, usurped the senate's prerogatives over foreign policy, and attempted to stand for a consecutive tribunate. Fears of Tiberius' popularity and his willingness to break political norms led to his death, along with many supporters, in a riot instigated by his enemies.
His land reforms survived his death; family allies, including his younger brother Gaius, took places on the land commission set up by the law and distributed over 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi) of land over the next few years. A decade later, Gaius too was plebeian tribune and proposed in his year much more wide-ranging reforms that also led to his death. He and his brother Gaius are known collectively as the Gracchi brothers. The date of Tiberius' death marks the traditional start of the Roman Republic's decline and eventual collapse.
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (c. 163 – 133 BC) was a Roman politician best known for his agrarian reform law entailing the transfer of land from the Roman...
who lived during the beginning of the late Roman Republic: TiberiusGracchus and Gaius Gracchus. They served in the plebeian tribunates of 133 BC and 122–121 BC...
brother was the reformer Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus. Both, known together as the Gracchi brothers, were the sons of the Gracchus who was consul in 177...
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus may refer to: Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 238 BC), father of Tiberius and Publius Gracchus. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus...
other men." Cicero believed that TiberiusGracchus's reforming efforts saved Rome from tyranny, arguing: TiberiusGracchus (says Cicero) caused the free-men...
politician. He is most well known for mobilising the mob which killed TiberiusGracchus, who was at the time attempting to stand for re-election as plebeian...
Diophanes) instigated Roman tribune TiberiusGracchus to pursue a land reform movement on behalf of the plebs. Tiberius was accused by his political opponents...
politician TiberiusGracchus. Pompeius stated that he lived near Gracchus and knew a certain wealthy Greek, Eudemus from Pergamon, who gave Gracchus a purple...
Opimius "for having acted in the public interests" by killing TiberiusGracchus and Gaius Gracchus. This usage also does not contrast to optimates but instead...
future emperor Tiberius. It is not clear whether Gracchus can be identified with the triumvir monetalis under Augustus in 15 BC. Gracchus was involved in...
army to Tarraco (Tarragona), where TiberiusGracchus was to disband the old army and incorporate the new troops. Gracchus was due to arrive soon. Flaccus...
The tribunate of TiberiusGracchus in 133 BC led to a breakup of the long-standing norms of the republican constitution. Gracchus was successful in passing...
reform, which was initially spearheaded by the tribune TiberiusGracchus in 133 BC. When Gracchus' fellow tribune Marcus Octavius vetoed the reform, the...
TiberiusGracchus was present as a quaestor during Mancinus's failed siege. Due to the reputation Gracchus's father had with the Numantines, Tiberius...
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if not withdrawn. TiberiusGracchus objected to this because he did not want to lose the veterans. A compromise was reached: Gracchus was ordered to levy...
another daughter of Appius Claudius Pulcher, consul in 143 BC, married TiberiusGracchus. Claudia Ap. f. Ap. n., a third daughter of Appius Claudius Pulcher...
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