Gracchi
Gracchus, (Tiberius Sempronius,) a popular and
eminent Roman statesman, born about 168 B.C. His
mother was the celebrated Cornelia, a daughter of the
greatest Scipio. He served at the capture and destruction
of Carthage under Scipio Africanus the Younger,
who had married a sister of Gracchus. In 137 B.C. he
was elected quaestor, and was employed in...
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The Gracchi brothers, Tiberius and Gaius, were Roman Plebian
noblemen who both served as tribunes in 2nd century BC. They
attempted to pass land reform legislation that would
redistribute the major patrician landholdings among the
plebeians. For this legislation and their membership in the
Populares party they have been considered the founding...
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Tiberius, elder son of the preceding, was born B.C. 163. Tiberius served his first campaign in Africa under his uncle
Scipio, and having obtained the office of consul's quaestor, we find him next under Mancinus, the unfortunate
commander in the Numantine War. His name, which the Numantines respected from remembering his father's virtues, is
said...
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