CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pro Caelio, Princeps, Jus Trium Liberorum
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Famous roman women: in ancient literature, the way people are portrayed doesn t necessarily correspond to reality. Some emperors portrayed as perfect emperors, and others portrayed as absolute tyrants. Cornelia, mother of the gracchi: 191/190-100 bc, daughter of scipio africanus (conqueror of hannibal in 202 bc, 172 bc: married to tiberius sempronius gracchus. The gracchi the sons: tiberius sempronius gracchus (the son, same name as the father) Tribune representative of the roman people (the plebs) 2 parts of rome: patricians the elite and plebeians the lower class, non-elite people. Uses his time as a tribune to try and establish a law to distribute land = a lot of protest and dislike. 133 bc tiberius sempronius gracchus killed: gaius sempronius gracchus becomes tribune as well and tries to establish the same law. Result: killed in 121 bc: thus, cornelia loses 2 sons to political failure yet her portrayal isn t damaged.
