CLST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Proletariat, Cimbri, Ambrones
11 Mar 2016
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The fasti triumphales is a document which recorded the triumph of roman generals. Gaius sempronius gracchus, 123 - 122 bc. Married to licinia the daughter of p. licinius crassus dives mucianus. Important ally was m. fulvius flaccus, cos. 125, tribune 122. Gaius reinstated the land commission and set a fixed price for grain. Made efforts to alleviate problem with debt by limiting interest. Organized colonies for a few italian towns including tarentum. For the knights, the equites, he passed a law wherein collecting of taxes of asia would be farmed out to equestrian companies. He also passed a law which made knights the jurors for extortion cases against provincial governors. For italians with latin rights, gaius proposed giving full roman citizenship. For the samnites he proposed giving them latin rights. He proposed that a colony be established on the site of the city of carthage. Gaius" main opponent was a tribune named marcus livius drusus.
