Transcript 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
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)
A. Social Unrest
Soldier/farmers returned from the Punic Wars
to find their homes and farms destroyed
A. Social Unrest
The Gracchi instituted public reforms such as
redistributing public land to the farmers
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
with their mother, Cornelia
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
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.