Gaius Gracchus

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Gaius Gracchus was a Roman politician and reformer of the 2nd century BCE, known for his radical social and economic legislation and for intensifying the conflict between populares and optimates in the late Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman politician ⓘ
Roman reformer ⓘ
populares leader ⓘ
tribune of the plebs ⓘ
activeInPeriod 2nd century BCE ⓘ
late Roman Republic ⓘ
aimedTo improve conditions for the urban poor ⓘ
limit senatorial power ⓘ
redistribute public land (ager publicus) ⓘ
birthPlace Rome ⓘ
citizenship Roman Republic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic ⓘ
deathCause political violence ⓘ
deathEvent suppression of his supporters on the Aventine Hill ⓘ
deathPlace Rome ⓘ
describedIn Appian's Roman History ⓘ
Plutarch's Lives ⓘ
familyName Gracchus ⓘ
linked to: Gaius Gracchus
father Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Tiberius Gracchus
givenName Gaius ⓘ
killedBy forces of Lucius Opimius ⓘ
knownFor agrarian reforms ⓘ
colonization projects ⓘ
extension of Roman citizenship and Latin rights proposals ⓘ
grain law (lex frumentaria) ⓘ
intensifying conflict between populares and optimates ⓘ
judicial reforms ⓘ
radical social and economic legislation ⓘ
strengthening the equestrian order in juries ⓘ
legacy precursor to later conflicts of the late Republic ⓘ
symbol of popular reform in the Roman Republic ⓘ
memberOf gens Sempronia ⓘ
mother Cornelia Africana ⓘ
linked to: Cornelia
opposedBy Lucius Opimius ⓘ
optimates ⓘ
politicalAlignment populares ⓘ
positionHeld quaestor ⓘ
tribune of the plebs ⓘ
proposedLaw laws establishing new colonies ⓘ
laws on road construction and maintenance ⓘ
laws regulating provincial governors ⓘ
laws transferring jury service in extortion courts to equites ⓘ
lex frumentaria ⓘ
relative Scipio Africanus ⓘ
sibling Tiberius Gracchus ⓘ
supportedBy Roman plebeians ⓘ
equestrian order ⓘ
tribunateEnd 121 BCE ⓘ
tribunateStart 123 BCE ⓘ

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Optimates → opposedFigure → Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
subject linked to: optimates
Late Roman Republic → hasKeyFigure → Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
Populares → notableMember → Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
Gaius Gracchus → familyName → Gracchus ⓘ
linked to: Gaius Gracchus
Tiberius Gracchus → sibling → Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
Scipio Aemilianus → brotherInLaw → Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
Gracchan reforms → significantPerson → Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
Gaius → hasNotableBearer → Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
Gaius → hasNotableBearer → Gaius Sempronius Gracchus ⓘ
linked to: Gaius Gracchus
Marie-Joseph Chénier → notableWork → Caius Gracchus ⓘ
linked to: Gaius Gracchus
Populares → notableMember → Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
subject linked to: Populares political faction
Sempronius Gracchus → hasNotableMember → Gaius Sempronius Gracchus ⓘ
linked to: Gaius Gracchus
Sempronia Gracchus → siblingOf → Gaius Sempronius Gracchus ⓘ
linked to: Gaius Gracchus
Sempronia Gracchus → hasBrother → Gaius Sempronius Gracchus ⓘ
linked to: Gaius Gracchus
Lucius Opimius → opponent → Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
Livius Drusus family → connectedTo → Gaius Gracchus (as political opponent via Drusus 122 BC) ⓘ
linked to: Gaius Gracchus
Sempronius family → notableMember → Gaius Sempronius Gracchus ⓘ
linked to: Gaius Gracchus