gracchi brothers Flashcards
1
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who were the Gracchi brothers?
A
Tiberius Gracchust and Gaius Gracchus and they were Plets
2
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who was Tiberius and what did he do?
A
he was elected as a Tribune(133bc), platform was land reform for rome soldiers, ran again, and was murdered by senators.
3
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Tribune definition:
A
a spokesman for plebs, argued for pled rights, and was elected
4
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who was Gaius and what did he do?
A
he was elected as a tribune(123bc), famous, platform:refomr/soldiers, equites, free italians, re-elected and got murdered.
5
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what were Equites?
A
wealthy plebs would served in the roman cal.
6
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who were the free Italians?
A
they lived on italian penin. and were not full-citizens
