#gracchi

[sonnyboyoedipusacre]

[twobeesornottwobees]

If I think too much about Gaius Gracchus I will cry

[fateology]

Gaius Gracchus wikipoem

[visit-ba-sing-se]

And it was the Gracchi who got assassinated for land reform! The Gracchi, not Caesar!

truly anon i do get your outrage but I also find it hilarious how I accidentally seem to have turned my blog into an ancient roman market place filled with people arguing based on one dumb joke (since I am assuming you are responding to this fellow countryman)

[juliacaesar]

I don't remember putting this reminder in my phone but apparently at some point I felt it was important to remember the anniversary of Tiberius becoming Tribune. Very on brand.

[antiquitatesromanae]

📜 VOCI DI ROMA

IL TESTAMENTO DI ATTALO III

"Era frattanto morto Attalo Filometore ed Eudemo di Pergamo ne portò a Roma il testamento nel quale era stato indicato come erede del re il popolo romano. Subito Tiberio [Gracco], per favorire il popolo, presentò una proposta di legge in virtù della quale le ricchezze del re, portate a Roma, dovevano essere distribuite ai cittadini cui erano toccate in sorte le terre per le spese d'impianto e di avvio delle attività agricole. Per quel che riguardava invece le città del regno di Attalo, egli affermò che non era di competenza del Senato prendere decisioni, ma che ne avrebbe personalmente riferito al popolo.

Fu soprattutto per questo che il Senato si sentì offeso".

✍️ Plutarco, Vite di Tiberio e Caio Gracco, 14 (a cura di Domenico Magnino), BUR, Milano 1991.

📷 Vista dell'antica Pergamo.

[warsofasoiaf]

What's your opinion of the Gracchi brothers? Do you agree with Plutarch, that they were idealists cut down for trying to help the common people? Or more with Cassius Dio, that they were ambitious demagogues rightfully killed for threatening the social order? Or somewhere in the middle? -E

In the middle. I believe the both of them were deeply ambitious political demagouges using populism and the capites censi as their vectors to power, looking to dismantle the ager publicus scheme to buy considerable public support.

For the modern day, I think the best lessons of the Gracchi brothers are the dangers of introducing violence to politics, along with the lessons it teaches about redistribution-based politics.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

[poetrylesbian]

I have first lecture for “Rise of Ancient Rome” today and I am beyond excited. The Roman Republic is my jam. The transition from Republic to Empire is my passion. The Gracchi? My boys.

After an 18 months separation I am finally back together with classics and it’s cleared my skin and shortened my period and payed my rent.