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Tiberius was of plebeian status and was a member of the well-connected gens Sempronia, a family of ancient Rome. [6] Tiberius may be the same person as the homonymous augur who served from 204 to 174 BC; [7] his grandfather, or possibly father, was the man of the same name who was consul in 215 and 213 BC.
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (/ ˈ ɡ r æ k ə s /; 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.
The tribune Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus imposed his veto on all government functions in 133 BC, when the senate attempted to block his agrarian reforms by imposing the veto of another tribune. [ 8 ] Tribunes also possessed the authority to enforce the right of provocatio ad populum , a precursor of the modern right of habeas corpus .
A lex Sempronia is a Roman law proposed by a member of the gens Sempronia. The most famous of these laws are those passed by the Gracchi brothers: especially the land reform law passed by Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus in 133 BC and the grain dole later passed by Tiberius' brother Gaius Sempronius Gracchus.
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was born c. 163 BC. [31] His younger brother Gaius was born c. 154 BC. [32] They were the sons of the Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus who had been consul 177 [33] and 163 BC [34] as well as censor in 169 BC. [35] [36] He had triumphed twice in 178 and 175 BC. [37]
In 129 BC, Scipio told allies of Gracchus, notably the tribune Gaius Papirius Carbo, that he intended to formally denounce Tiberius Gracchus' reforms, notably the agrarian proposals. [citation needed] Carbo, then a tribune of the plebs, had been a long-time supporter of Tiberius Gracchus, and at that time he was a bitter enemy of Scipio. Scipio ...
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 215 BC), son of the above. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (d. 174 BC), son of the above, elected to the priesthood in 203 BC at a very young age. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 177 BC) (c. 217 BC –c. 150 BC), also known as Tiberius Gracchus the Elder, son of Publius Sempronius Gracchus. Tiberius ...
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, who was elected to the priesthood in 203 BC at a very young age, and who died in the plague of 174 BC. [ citation needed ] Tiberius Veturius Gracchus Sempronianus, who replaced his dead kinsman as augur , and whose name indicates that he was born a Sempronius and adopted into the patrician Veturii .