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Gracchi
also: Gracchus
The brothers Tiberius (tr.pl. 133 BC) and Gaius (tr.pl. 123–122 BC) Sempronius Gracchus, whose tribunates passed the leges Semproniae — including the citizen's right not to be put to death without trial. Cicero invokes the Gracchi as authors of the protections Verres violated (In Verrem 2.1).
Reading notes
- On the Agrarian Law, First Speech §21 the bounties of the Gracchi
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, the reforming tribunes of 133 and 123--122 BC whose agrarian laws are the great precedent; Cicero notes pointedly that even they spared the Campanian land that Rullus would now divide.
- On Duties §2.80 our own Gracchi
The brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, grandsons of Scipio Africanus through their mother Cornelia. Cicero says their agrarian agitation destroyed them, an internal echo of the Spartan example.
- Seventh Philippic §17 Do you imagine the power of the Gracchi was greater than this gladiator's
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, the reforming tribunes of 133 and 123-122 BC, were Rome's classic examples of dangerous popular power. Cicero says Lucius Antonius's clientela of whole tribes and orders would exceed even theirs.