End of the Republic Flashcards
What were the large agricultural estates owned by wealthy people called?
Latifundia
What were the tenant farmers who worked on latifundia called?
Coloni
,Who were “Cornelia’s Jewels”?
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
Who was the Gracchi brothers’ sister, who was suspected of killing her husband Scipio Aemilianus?
Sempronia
What were Tiberius and Gaius’ full names?
Ti. Sempronius Gracchus and C. Sempronius Gracchus
How were the Gracchi brothers related to Scipio Africanus?
He was their grandfather (Cornelia was his son)
When was Tiberius Gracchus killed?
133 BC
What did Tiberius Gracchus do in his 133 consulship?
Broke up the latifundia by limiting land ownership to 500 iugera
What law by Tiberius Gracchus limited land ownership to 500 iugera?
Lēx Semprōnia Agrāria
Who had one of his fellow tribunes removed from office because this tribune kept vetoing his land
bill that he was trying to get passed in 133 BC?
Tiberius Gracchus
Who was the tribune Tiberius Gracchus had removed to keep him from vetoing his reforms?
Marcus Octavius
How did Tiberius Gracchus die?
Scipio Nassica led a group of senators that killed him and 300 of his followers with things like furniture legs
Why was Tiberius Gracchus killed?
He tried to run for a second consulship
What was sacked in 133 BC, and by who?
Scipio Aemillianus sacked Numantia, with the help of Gaius Gracchus
What future enemy of Rome helped Scipio Aemilianus and the Romans with the 133 BC Siege of Numantia?
Jugurtha
Who died in 133 BC, leaving what kingdom to Rome?
Attalus III died in 133 BC and bequeathed Pergamum to Rome
How did Aemilianus sack Numantia?
Double ringed wall around the city
Who was consul first, Tiberius or Gaius?
Tiberius in 133
Gaius in 123 and 122
What agnomen did Aemilianus earn for the siege of Numantia?
Numantius
How many times was Gaius Gracchus consul?
2
What did Gaius Gracchus do with his consulships?
Proposed land reforms and grain distribution
Who passed the lex frumentaria, and what was it?
Gaius Gracchus, it subsidized grain
Who wanted to make the ruins of Carthage into a colony, and what would it be called?
Gaius Gracchus wanted to make Junonia
How does Gaius Gracchus die, and who killed him?
Lucius Opimius killed him and 3000 of his followers after he tried to run for a 3rd consulship