Year 133 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scaevola and Frugi (or, less frequently, year 621 Ab urbe condita) and the Second Year of Yuanguang.

Mar 18, 2025 · Ancient Rome - Gracchi Reforms, 133-121 BC: From the state’s point of view, the chief effect was a decline in military manpower. The minimum property qualification for service was lowered and the minimum age (17) ignored; resistance became frequent, especially to the distant and unending guerrilla war in Spain.

Aug 14, 2023 · The Gracchi brothers, Tiberius and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, were tribunes of the plebs in 133 and 122-121 BCE, respectively, who introduced land reforms and other laws, circumventing the Roman Senate.

Mar 18, 2025 · The reform movement of the Gracchi (133–121 bc) From the state’s point of view, the chief effect was a decline in military manpower. The minimum property qualification for service was lowered and the minimum age (17) ignored; resistance became frequent, especially to the distant and unending guerrilla war in Spain.

Starting with 133 BCE, the final century of the Roman Republic was defined by political violence and civil wars. In 133 BCE, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, a member of one of the oldest and most respected families in Rome, was one of the ten annually elected plebeian tribunes.

Mar 18, 2025 · Rome’s rapidly expanding sphere of hegemony brought it almost immediately into conflict with non-Italian powers. In the south, the main opponent was Carthage.

Jun 4, 2018 · After a siege of many months, Numantia is starved into submission; end of the Numantine War (133 BCE). The slave revolt on Sicily – also known as the First Servile War – had consequences elsewhere in the Roman world.

Jun 23, 2018 · Aristonikos claims to be a son of King Eumenes II and therefore claims the throne of Pergamum. The year discussed here was a genuinely turbulent one. The consul Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi fought against the rebellious slaves on Sicily but failed to end the war there.

May 7, 2020 · In 133 BCE, Rome would get its first taste of civil violence. Historians look at this year as the beginning of the decline of the Republican era of Rome. But how can we date such a thing? This...

The Siege of Numantia (Spanish: El cerco de Numancia) is a tragedy by Miguel de Cervantes set at the siege of Numantia, captured and razed by Scipio Aemilianus in 133 BC.