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Gaius Blossius (2nd century BC) was, according to Plutarch, a philosopher and student of the Stoic philosopher Antipater of Tarsus, from the city of Cumae in Campania, Italy, who (along with the Greek rhetorician, Diophanes) instigated Roman tribune Tiberius Gracchus to pursue a land reform movement on behalf of the plebs.
After the death of Tiberius Gracchus, Blossius was interrogated by the consuls on the matter.
Blossius went to the province of Asia, where he took part in Aristonicus' popular uprising against Rome, aiding in the organization of the Heliopolis state.
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Blossius of Cumae (2nd century BC) was, according to Plutarch, a philosopher and student of the stoic philosopher Antipater of Tarsus, from the city of Cumae in Campania, Italy, who (along with the Greek rhetorician, Diophanes) instigated Roman tribune Tiberius Gracchus to pursue a land reform movement on behalf of the plebs.
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 Blossius of Cumes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to Plutarch, Blossius of Cume was an Italian philosopher who was born in the 2nd century BC, in the town of Kume.
He and a Greek philospher, Diophanes, inspired Roman tribune Tiberius Gracchus in a land reform movement on behalf of the plebs.
Blossius went to the province of Asia, where he took part in Aristonic uprisings against Rome, aiding in the organization of the Heliopolis state.
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After the death of Tiberius Gracchus, Blossius was interrogated by the consuls onthe matter.
Being pressed on the point, though, Blossius eventually stated that Tiberius would only have ordered such athing, if it were in the true interests of the Roman people.
Blossius went to the province of Asia, wherehe took part in Aristonic uprisings against Rome, aiding in the organization ofthe Heliopolis state.When the uprising was ultimately defeated, he killed himself.
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 Spartacus
The auxilary forces were made up entirely of men from captured lands who willingly fought for the Romans.
He took its ideas from Blossius of Cumes which can be resumed as: "the last will be the first (and vice versa)."
In 73 BC he broke out of gladiators school, owned by Lentulus Batiatus at Capua with between 70 and 80 followers and fled to the caldera of Mount Vesuvius (near Naples).
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