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The Gracchi brothers were two brothers who lived during the beginning of the late Roman Republic: Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus. They served in the plebeian tribunates of 133 BC and 122–121 BC, respectively.
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were a pair of tribunes of the plebs from the 2nd century BCE, who sought to introduce land reform and other populist legislation in ancient Rome. They were both members...
The Gracchi brothers, Tiberius and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, were tribunes of the plebs in 133 and 122-121 BCE, respectively, who introduced land reforms and other laws, circumventing the Roman Senate.
Tiberius Gracchus (163/162–133 BC) and his younger brother Gaius Gracchus (154–121 BC) have gone down in history for their bravery in pushing for reforms to help the poor in the Roman Empire, starting with the redistribution of public land that had been commandeered by the ruling classes, of which they were members.
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (c. 163 – 133 BC) was a Roman politician best known for his agrarian reform law entailing the transfer of land from the Roman state and wealthy landowners to poorer citizens. He had also served in the Roman army, fighting in Africa during the Third Punic War and in Spain during the Numantine War.
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were influential tribunes of the plebs in the 2nd century BCE, known for advocating land reforms and other populist policies in ancient Rome.
Gaius Gracchus (born 160–153? bce —died 121 bce, Grove of Furrina, near Rome) was a Roman tribune (123–122 bce), who reenacted the agrarian reforms of his brother, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, and who proposed other measures to lessen the power of the senatorial nobility.
The Gracchi, Tiberius Gracchus, and Gaius Gracchus, were Roman brothers who tried to reform Rome's social and political structure to help the lower classes in the 2nd century BCE. The brothers were politicians who represented the plebs, or commoners, in the Roman government.
The Gracchi brothers, Tiberius and Gaius, were key figures in ancient Rome in the late 2nd century BC. Members of the Roman aristocracy, they sought to tackle social and economic inequality during their tenures as tribunes of the plebs.
His brother was the reformer Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus. Both, known together as the Gracchi brothers, were the sons of the Gracchus who was consul in 177 and 163 BC. Gaius Gracchus was born into a very well-connected political family.