Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (c. 154 BC [1] – 121 BC) was a reformist Roman politician and soldier who lived during the 2nd century BC. He is most famous for his tribunate for the years 123 and 122 BC, in which he proposed a wide set of laws, including laws to establish colonies outside of Italy, engage in further land reform, reform the ...

Gaius Gracchus (born 160–153? bce —died 121 bce, Grove of Furrina, near Rome) was a Roman tribune (123–122 bce), who reenacted the agrarian reforms of his brother, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, and who proposed other measures to lessen the power of …

The Gracchi brothers were two brothers who lived during the beginning of the late Roman Republic: Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus. They served in the plebeian tribunates of 133 BC and 122–121 BC, respectively.

Caius Sempronius Gracchus (Kr. e. 153 – Kr. e. 121) ókori római politikus. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus fivéreként született. Éppen olyan finom, hellén nevelésben részesült mint bátyja, akit nemcsak szónoki tehetségre, hanem politikai tudás, erősség, és szenvedély dolgában sokszorosan felülmúlt.

Caius Gracchus (legendary, died 121 B.C.E.) By Plutarch Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden

Jan 18, 2012 · Tiberius Gracchus, born in 168 BCE, was the older of the Gracchi brothers. He is best known for his attempts to legislate agrarian reform and for his untimely death at the hands of the Senators. Under Tiberius' proposal, no one citizen would be able to possess more than 500 iugera of public land (ager publicus) that was acquired during wars.

Caius Gracchus is a tragedy by the Irish playwright James Sheridan Knowles. It is based on the life of Gaius Gracchus, a politician in Ancient Rome. The play premiered at the Belfast Theatre in 1815 and enjoyed a good reception. [1]

Gaius Gracchus, a flamboyant and powerful public speaker, was to be a far more formidable political force than his brother. The legacy of Tiberius Gracchus, the agrarian law, was being applied in a manner that created a fresh grievance among the allied regions of Italy.

Caius Gracchus, at first, either because he feared his enemies, or because he wished to bring odium upon them, withdrew from the forum and lived quietly by himself, like one who was humbled for the present and for the future intended to live the same inactive life, so that some were actually led to denounce him for disliking and repudiating his ...

In 121, with his legislation under attack, Gracchus, supported by Flaccus, resorted to armed insurrection. It was suppressed after the first use of the so-called senatus consultum ultimum ; they and many of their supporters were killed, others executed after arrest.