CLA-2123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gaius Gracchus, Marcus Octavius, Attalus Iii
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Good family: father (consul 2x, triumphator 2x, censor, mother (cornelia, daughter of scipio africanus. Well educated tribune of the plebs land reforms were his big thing. 137bce: a countryside jaunt latifundia (big family farms: roman virtues, soldiers, slaves can"t be in the army, don"t have to be paid. Old laws: public land, 500 iguera (about 300 acres) per person latifundias taking more than allowed. Tiberius"s plans: revert to old laws (stricter enforcement, take land from whoever has more than 500 iguera, triumvirate. Senatorial unease: senators don"t want to lose their land (since they were landowners, popular support for tiberius gracchus (threatening) Plebeian assembly (knows senators won"t pass it: tribune marcus octavius. The committee: tiberius gracchus, gaius gracchus (brother, appius claudius pulcher (father in law) Funding: king attalus iii of pergamum. Seeking re-election: have to wait/ or not allowed to run again, his law was passed, wants to see it through, sacrosanct as tribune, not sacrosanct not a tribune.
