Who was Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and why is his career as Tribune of Plebs important for Roman History?
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was a born Roman Aristocrat who after making a name for himself in military service became the Roman Tribune of Plebs, and began a serious economics revolution. The fact that Gracchus was not a pheasant nor merely a landowning citizen, but a member of the aristocratic society is one of the main reasons for his success in economic change, but also for his eventual fall. As Tribune of Plebs, Gracchus found unique and revolutionary ways of advancing his own agenda, by simply ignoring tradition forcing his will. Finally when discussing such a revolutionary figure it is as important to discuss why Gracchus did what he did as it is to discuss what he did.
Gracchus was born in 163 BC, son of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Cornelia Africana. While not of patrician stock his family was very wealthy and also very influential politically. His......
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