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	Tiberius Gracchus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tiberius' political ideals eventually led to his death at the hands of supporters of the conservative faction (Optimates) of the Roman senate.
		Tiberius was born in 163 BC, son of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Cornelia Africana.
		Tiberius was married to Claudia Pulcheria, daughter of Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul in 143 BC), and had three sons that died young.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tiberius_Gracchus (1281 words)

	GRACCHUS - LoveToKnow Article on GRACCHUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		TIBERIUS SEMPRONIUS GRACCHUS, consul in 238 B.c., carried on successfuloperations against the Ligurian mountaineers, and, at the conclusion of the Carthaginian mercenary war, was in command of the fleet which at the invitation of the insurgents took possession of the island of Sardinia.
		Gracchus stringently enforced the limitation of the freedmen to the four city tribes, which completely destroyed their influence in the comitia.
		During the riot that followed, Tiberius attempted to escape, but stumbled on the slope of the Capitol and was beaten to death with the end of a bench.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GRACCHUS.htm (2500 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| Tiberius Gracchus by Plutarch
		Tiberius was the elder by nine years; owing to which their actions as public men were divided by the difference of the times in which those of the one and those of the other were performed.
		Tiberius, immediately on his attaining manhood, had such a reputation that he was admitted into the college of the augurs, and that in consideration more of his early virtue than of his noble birth.
		Tiberius was accordingly despatched to the enemy, whom he persuaded to accept of several conditions, and he himself complied with others; and by this means, it is beyond a question, that he saved twenty thousand of the Roman citizens, besides attendants and camp followers.
	classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/tiberius.html (4663 words)

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		Gracchus is unlikely to have supported the poor against the wealthy from conscious policy: he was after all a member of the upper class himself and in the beginning had the support of other such men.
		Tiberius was associated with a man of philosophical inclinations called C. Blossius of Cumae (a large town in Campania, the area to the south of Latium).
		Tiberius argued that tribunes were sworn to defend the interests of the common people and that by opposing his reforms the tribune in question had broken that trust.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /gracchus-tiberius.htm (5528 words)

	Gaius Gracchus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the younger brother of Tiberius Gracchus and, like him, pursued a popular political agenda that eventually got him killed by the conservative faction of the senate.
		Gaius was born in 154 BC as the youngest son of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (who died in the same year) and Cornelia Africana.
		Tiberius was killed in 132 BC near the Capitol, during an armed confrontation with political enemies, led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Corculum, their cousin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaius_Gracchus (791 words)

	Tiberius Gracchus
		Tiberius and his brother Gaius Gracchus were to be two men who should become famous, if not infamous, for their struggle for the lower classes of Rome.
		Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus at first distinguished himself in the army (as an officer in the Third Punic was he is said to have been the first man over the wall at Carthage), after which he was elected quaestor.
		Tiberius brought forward a bill to the concilium plebis for a creation of allotments mostly out of the large area of public land which the republic had acquired after the Second Punic War.
	www.roman-empire.net /republic/tib-gracchus.html (1069 words)

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		Tiberius then decides to run for a second term, but does not heed the warning signals of his impending doom and is killed by the senate, along with the people who try to defend him.
		Tiberius got his bill passed by bypassing the senate; this is a little hazy in some of the accounts but all stress strongly that he was elected into the tribune where he could now pass his bill un obstructed.
		Tiberius decided to run for tribune for a second year, an act that had never been done before and was deeply frowned upon by the senators.
	www.gracchus.esmartweb.com /paper.htm (3345 words)

	Tiberius Gracchus at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (163 BC-132 BC) was a Roman politician of the 2nd century BC.
		In 133 BC Tiberius was elected tribune of the plebs.
		Tiberius was killed in 132 BC near the Capitol, during an armed confrontation with political enemies, led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Corculum, his own cousin.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Tiberius_Gracchus.html (718 words)

	Sources on Tiberius Gracchus
		Gracchus was educated from boyhood by the diligence of his mother Cornelia, and versed in Greek literature.
		Gracchus) because of his exceedingly controversial term as tribune, an office which he undertook while angry at the aristocrats, because of their scorn for his Numantine treaty, was executed by the state itself.
		Gracchus; and the severity of the senate in its disapproval of the pact was a source of fear and anguish to him.
	www.aldridgeshs.qld.edu.au /sose/ancrespg/rome/gracchi/sources.html (1865 words)

	Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is impossible to know now whether Tiberius was sincere, naïve, idealistic, or cynical; whether he was using, or being used by, the Senators in his party.
		Tiberius proposed (without consulting the Senate as was traditional) to distribute part of the land legacy among the poor as small farms.
		While seeking reelection, Gracchus was publicly assassinated on the steps of the Capitol by a mob of senators headed by patrician P. Scipio Nasica.
	heraklia.fws1.com /contemporaries/gracchi (1217 words)

	Tiberius Gracchus
		Tiberius started his political career under the wings of C. Scipio Amelianus but later was to be opposed by the powerful Senatorial elite of which he was originally a member.
		Whether Tiberius himself was sincere in his reforms to benefit the common man is impossible to ascertain, but regardless, he developed into an icon of equality for all people of Rome.
		Gracchus' bill, as sound and perfectly legal as it may have been, was immediately opposed by the Senate.
	www.unrv.com /empire/tiberius-gracchus.php (1302 words)

	TIBERIUS SEMPRONIUS GRACCHUS ::: GENS SEMPRONIA
		Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (163—133 BCE), son of Tiberius Senior, was the elder of the two great reformers known to Eternity as the Brothers Gracchi.
		Te Roman army was saved from extermination During the Numantine war only by the efforts of Tiberius, who was the sole Roman the Numantines agreed to negotiate with out of respect for the memory of his father.
		A rumor reached the senate that he was aiming at supreme power, that he had touched his head with his hand, a sign that he was asking for a crown.
	www.villaivlilla.com /GensSempronia/ti-gracchus.htm (659 words)

	Tiberius Gracchus - Plutarch's Lives
		Tiberius was accordingly dispatched to the enemy, whom he persuaded to accept of several conditions, and he himself complied with others; and by this means it is beyond a question, that he saved twenty thousand of the Roman citizens, besides attendants and camp followers.
		For Tiberius, maintaining an honorable and just cause, and possessed of eloquence sufficient to have made a less creditable action appear plausible, was no safe or easy antagonist, when, with the people crowding around the hustings, he took his place, and spoke in behalf of the poor.
		Tiberius then went down into the marketplace amongst the people, and made his addresses to them humbly and with tears in his eyes; and told them, he had just reason to suspect, that his adversaries would attempt in the night time to break open his house, and murder him.
	www.constitution.org /rom/plutarch/tiberiusgracchus.htm (4714 words)

	Hampden Latin
		When Tiberius Gracchus happened onto the Roman stage, politics in Rome was divided into three groups: the conservatives (Publius Scipio Nasica), the reformers (Tiberius and his father-in-law Appius Claudius Pulcher), and the conservative-liberals who occupied the middle ground (Publius Scipio Aemilianus).
		And in fact, Tiberius created enemies in the Senate, many of the members of which were these landowners giving up property and wealth, when he pushed for reform.
		Tiberius was at risk for prosecution for removing Octavius and at risk for assassination by the angry Senate.
	www.ha.sad22.us /BenJohnson/tigracchus.html (1090 words)

	Second Century - Domestic Difficulties
		Tiberius proposed that a board of three commissioners be appointed to review the leases, remove excessive land holdings and redistribute them to landless citizens.
		Tiberius then proposed a law to the plebs that would fund the agrarian commission with funds from the inheritence of Pergumum.
		Tiberius' enemies began to charge that he had ambitions to be a rex - the vilest political slander one could suffer in Rome (remember Cicero's problems after he ordered the execution of the Catilinarians?), and threatened to prosecute him the minute he left office.
	abacus.bates.edu /~mimber/Rciv/2nd.cen2.htm (2514 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		Tiberius Gracchus was an experienced commander who saw a real need for serious reform.
		Tiberius tried to work through the Senate to enact his reforms, but he was opposed at every step.
		Starting with Tiberius Gracchus, the story of the Roman Revolution is in part the narration of the increasing reliance on force to achieve political ends.
	the-orb.net /textbooks/westciv/romanrevolution.html (9302 words)

	T. Gracchus and the Amicitas of Aemilianus
		Tiberius, as a family member and protege, was a member of the consul's consilium.
		When we speak of Tiberius Gracchus the tribunus plebis of 134 and 133 his social connections should be born in mind.
		In that it is important to recall that Tiberius Gracchus had for his consilium not just any politicians in Rome, but the very leaders of the Roman Senate, beginning with the principes senatus as his father-in-law and a good portion of the nobiles of his time.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/338235 (1483 words)

	Roman Revolution and Civil Wars by Sanderson Beck
		Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were the sons of Sempronius Gracchus and Cornelia, the daughter of Scipio Africanus.
		When Tiberius was serving as quaestor in Spain, the Numantines insisted on negotiating with the son of the man who had treated the Iberians better than other Romans, who often went back on their promises.
		Tiberius argued that the soldiers and their families were homeless and deserved to share in the increased Roman wealth.
	www.san.beck.org /EC25-RomanRevolution.html#3 (12201 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| Caius Gracchus by Plutarch
		However, he was not but very young, being not so old as Tiberius by nine years; and he was not yet thirty when he was slain.
		In some little time, however, he quietly let his temper appear, which was one of an utter antipathy to a lazy retirement and effeminacy, and not the least likely to be contented with a life of eating, drinking, and money-getting.
		Notwithstanding which, it is the prevailing opinion that Caius was a far more thorough demagogue, and more ambitious than ever Tiberius had been, of popular applause; yet it is certain that he was borne rather by a sort of necessity than by any purpose of his own into public business.
	classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/gracchus.html (4191 words)

	TIBERIUS SEMPRONIUS GRACCHUS SENIOR ::: GENS SEMPRONIA
		Praetor in 180, he successfully subjugated Hither Spain (180-79), which had been a source of trouble for years (he was not only militarily successful but managed to negotiate a peace acceptable to the natives).
		Gracchus the elder had prevented the arrest of P. Scipio Africanus the conqueror of Hannibal.
		Caius, born in 154, and one daughter, Sempronia, who married her cousin, the adoptive grandson of Africanus, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, who was consul in 147 and destroyed Carthage in 146, and after being (illegally) elected consul again in 134 destroyed the troublesome Spanish town of Numantia the next year.
	www.villaivlilla.com /GensSempronia/ti-gracchus-sr.htm (261 words)

	Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
		Tiberius clearly set out with the goal; to save Rome from the gradual decline it had found itself in.
		What Tiberius wanted to do was equally revolutionary as were the methods he undertook.
		It basically covers my opinion of his aims, as well as an analysis of the views and arguments of some sources regarding Tiberius in general.
	www.gracchus.esmartweb.com (211 words)

	Tiberius - Plutarch • Life of Tiberius Gracchus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tiberius was the second emperor of ancient Rome, succeeding the powerful Caesar Augustus.
		Tiberius showed that he was the real ruler of the Empire and though at first his Tiberius showed large-scale generosity no more than twice in his reign.
		Professor Valerie Tiberius, Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota.
	tiberius.surferlight.com (161 words)

	The missile is not invented that can kill an ideal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		By a two-to-one ratio, the troops said that "to control the insurgency we need to double the level of ground troops and bombing missions." And since there is zero chance of that happening, a majority of troops seemed to be saying that they believe this war to be unwinnable.
		Joshua Frank has written about how the Democratic Senator's husband is a billionaire investor in a construction contractor called Perini and a defense contractor called URS, both of which have received hundreds of millions of dollars in military contracts.
		Tiberius Gracchus was the popularly elected former Tribune of Ancient Rome who was assassinated by the conservative elements of the Senate for his economically populist agrarian reforms.
	tiberiusgracchus.blogspot.com (3950 words)

	Free Essays on By Tiberius Gracchus’ Proposal Of The Law Stated In The Lex Agaria, I Speculate
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		By Tiberius Gracchus’ proposal of the law stated in the lex agaria, I speculate that he is trying to help the poor citizens of Rome, and at the same time, benefit the overall condition of the city.
		In conclusion, by passing this law, Tiberius Gracchus is accomplishing multiple tasks.
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	Sempronia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sempronian Gracchus was the daughter of Cornelia Cornelius and Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder and the sister of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Younger and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus.
		After he returned from Spain to Rome he was asked by the tribune C. Papirius Carbo, what he thought of the fate of Tiberius Gracchus.
		Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus replied that Tiberius Gracchus was justly slain.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /westcivi/sempronia.htm (258 words)

	Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Tiberius Gracchus, grandson of Scipio Africanus and son of the Gracchus who had conquered the Celtiberi and treated them well, was quaestor in Mancinus' army when it faced annihilation; on the strength of his family name, he personally negotiated the peace that saved it.
		When he became emperor, Tiberius was 54 years old, but he would rule for nearly 23 years and leave the empire more stable and prosperous than it had been.
		Yet, for all of the positive aspects of his reign, Tiberius is remembered as...
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9365917 (754 words)

	GRACCHUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tiberius Gracchus was elected tribune of the people in Rome.
		His brother, Gaius Gracchus (154 -121), put back in effect the laws his brother had made, and tried to turn Rome into a democracy.
		Gaius was re-elected tribune a second time but when he failed to win office a third time, there were riots, during which Gaius was killed.
	www.hyperhistory.com /online_n2/people_n2/ppersons2_n2/tgracchus.html (94 words)

	tiberius_gracchus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		What were the social, economic, and political problems that Tiberius Gracchus was trying to address?
		Do you agree with Plutarch that Tiberius was intent on "crippling the Senate's power"--if not, what was his intention?
		Who does Plutarch blame for Tiberius' death, for this "first outbreak of civil strife in Rome" since the time of the kings?
	classics.uc.edu /hooker/cc112/tiberius_gracchus.html (137 words)

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