HUMA 2105 Lecture 9: HUMA 2105 Lecture 9
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Great speech writer, left more than 50 speeches of differing kinds. Also left letters written to atticus, his best friend, wife, brother, son and slave. Telling of a day to day life of cicero. Have more writing of cicero than of any other. Born in arpenum to a not so well off family. Must prove himself to be trusted in the elite circle. Gracchus brothers: tiberius elected to the tribune of the plebs. Beaten with the leg of a chair to death: gaius gracchus. Pushed the boundaries of the law to get what they wanted. Bend the laws to the personal agenda. Flexed the roman constitution to get what they wanted. Stabbed to death: 3000 people murdered in the forum because of the choices made by the people regarding. Gracchus, if you paid attention to gaius, he became a demigogue: military still expanding.
