CLAB06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gaius Gracchus, Cimbri, Roman Citizenship
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Consists of a system that is based on collegial power (share by more than one person) had voting assemblies, magistracies (consul the highest) & the senate --> power was shared by the elite. 4th cent. was a formative period and consisted of many wars most important = punic wars. 3rd-2nd cent. was a period of the senate"s supremacy (conquests, political/socio-economic expansions) * optimates (senate, nobility) vs. populares (equestrians, peoples") elite were stripping the non-elite of their powers, land, and citizenships. Political powers of military commanders increase while the power of the senate decrease. 133 bce tiberius gracchus is elected as tribune of the plebs seeks to implement recovery of lands for poor people which could not be taken back. There was opposite of a tribune, leading to passing of the law and the deposing of the tribune and now. Tiberius asks for a second term of tribune but ends up being killed while in office.