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Gracchi Brothers

Gracchi Brothers. Fall of the Roman Republic. I. Problems in the Late Republic. By 133 BC, Rome was the supreme power in the Mediterranean world. I. Problems in the Late Republic. Political and social revolution began because of tensions between social classes. A. Social Unrest.

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Gracchi Brothers

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  1. Gracchi Brothers Fall of the Roman Republic

  2. I. Problems in the Late Republic By 133 BC, Rome was the supreme power in the Mediterranean world

  3. I. Problems in the Late Republic Political and social revolution began because of tensions between social classes

  4. A. Social Unrest 133 BC - The Gracchi, brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, tried to resolve problems TIBERIUS GRACCHUS (c.163-133 BC) GAIUS GRACCHUS (c.153-121 BC)

  5. A. Social Unrest Soldier/farmers returned from the Punic Wars to find their homes and farms destroyed

  6. A. Social Unrest The Gracchi instituted public reforms such as redistributing public land to the farmers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus with their mother, Cornelia

  7. A. Social Unrest Both were elected tribunes, both were assassinated after angering the Senate Death of Tiberius Gracchus by members of the Roman Senate, 133 BC Death of Gaius Gracchus, 121 BC

  8. A. Social Unrest Their deaths marked a turning point – violence, not law, began to control politics Cornelia Refuses the Crown of the Ptolomai The daughter of Scipio Africanus and mother of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus - refuses the crown of the King of Egypt and his marriage proposal.

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