Quiz 5 Flashcards
Why did Gaius Gracchus legislate that publicani were to collect taxes in Asia Minor?
To make it more difficult for Roman senators to enrich themselves by extortion of allies in Asia Minor
How did Gaius Gracchus die?
He killed himself after the senate issued an SCU (Senatus Consulum Ultimum) against him.
Scipio Aemilianus did not follow the usual steps of the cursus honorum to become consul so that
He could lead the Roman forces in the Third Punic War
What did Micipsa ask of his three heirs on his deathbed?
To respect amicitia and not fight amongst themselves
Make all that are correct: The tribune of the plebs
Had become complicit with the Senate by Tiberius Gracchus’ time, was a way through which plebeians’ voices could be heard, was originally installed as a safeguard for the plebeians against abuses of the Senate
