CLA 2103 Study Guide - Final Guide: Gallia Narbonensis, Senatus Consultum Ultimum, Quaestor

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2103
• Professor: Antonia Holden

Document Summary

Latifundia: large estates worked by slaves and owned mostly by senatorial families. Laelius cos. 140 bc: social reformer before gracchi, consul 140, proposd land reform bill supported by scipio aemilianus but rejected by the senate. Quaestor in 137 and governor of spain, Alongside mancinus participated in the siege against the numantians, Tiberius gave his word for treaty with numantians but senate rejected it claiming they were not tied by his word. Became tribune and reformed bill in 133, made lex agraria 133. Persuaded people"s assembly not to vote octavius and to use part of the treasure bequeathed by attalus, king of pergamum, Clubbed and stoned to death by group of senators led by pontifex maximus scipio nasica. Was first to use tribuneship as tool against the senate, provoked senate into using violence for the first time. Was achetype for the populares who opposed the optimates. Asia 128 bc: becomes roman province (annexation) 128.