person
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
Ti. Gracchus
also: Gracchus, Gracchus augur, Gracchus the augur
Consul 177 and 163 BC, censor 169, and augur; father of the reforming tribunes Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. While governing Sardinia he realised, as augur, that he had presided over the consular elections at Rome under a flawed auspice, prompting the consuls to abdicate.
Reading notes
- Ad Quintum Fratrem 2.2 §1 that famous Gracchus the augur
Ti. Sempronius Gracchus (cos. 177, 163 BC), father of the reforming tribunes. While governor of Sardinia he recalled, as an augur, that he had presided over a consular election under a flawed auspice; Cicero teases Quintus that Sardinia is likewise a place for second thoughts about old business.