The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction by David M. Gwynn

Author:David M. Gwynn [Gwynn, David M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ancient, Europe, History, Rome
ISBN: 9780199595112
Google: 2GiouAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0199595119
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-08-30T03:00:00+00:00

The Gracchi

Tiberius Gracchus (born c. 163 BC) came from the Republic’s highest nobility. His father of the same name twice held the consulship and his mother was Cornelia, the daughter of Scipio Africanus. The young Tiberius thus faced enormous pressure to achieve the success expected of him. The conventional path to gloria was through military success and the consulship. But Tiberius instead made a conscious choice to pursue social reform through the office of tribune. According to his younger brother Gaius, Tiberius once passed through northern Italy en route to Spain. As he travelled:

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