CLST 201 Midterm: Classics 201 - Test 2
18 Aug 2013
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After the gracchi brothers, the republic essentially ended and two political factions grew from this in the. They ruled with few men oligarchy. Followed through noble birth (like patricians: populares. Rome"s italian allies, military veterans, and urban poor. Use reform agenda as a means to an end. Goals were generally the same, just different methods to obtain them. Was a novus homo new man . He was a consul 7x in 107,104 100, 86 bc. 133 bc served at numantia in spain. 114 bc propraetor of further spain. His quaestor was named lucius cornelius sulla. Besieged town of cirta in 112 bc , killing italian merchants. Marius remained consul out of fear of the germanic tribes. Cimbri and teutones tribes migrated from germany to italy. Destroyed roman armies in 109, 106, and 105 bc. Battle of arausio in 105 bc was most disastrous roman defeat (-) 102 battle of aquae sextiae vs teutones (+)
