Historia
Last name: Gracchus
Born:164 BC
Died: 133 BC
Career: Military and Political
Tiberius was a Roman Populares politican of the 2nd century BC, he is brother of Gaius Gracchus. He was murdered with many of his supporters, by members of the Roman Senate. His military career start in the third Punic War, during his tenure as military tribune, he became knownfor his bravery and descipline recorded as the First to scale the enemy walls. Romes iternal political situation was no peaceful and there have been several wars were soldieres often live their farms in the hands of their wives and children. When the army found itself in the dire straits it was his negociation skills who saved the life on 20,000 soldiers.
Name: Gaius Sempronius
Last name:Gracchus
Born: 154 BC
Died: 121 BC
Career: Political
Gaius was a Roman Popularis politican in the 2nd century BC, heis brother of Tiberius Gracchus. His election to the office of tribune in the years 123 and 122 BC and reformative policies while in office prompted a constitutional crisis and his death at the hands of the Roman Senate in 121. Motivated by the fate of his brother, someof his earliest reforms dealt with the judiciary system. He first attacked the measure by which the senate had set up, under the consul Popillius, a special tribunal with powers of capital punishment to try Gracchian supporters in 132. After his second election to the tribune in 122 BC, the Senate started to oppose Gaius' reforms, through the use of another tribuneMarcus Livius Drusus, toeffectively outbid Gaius for the support of the people. Thus when Gaius proposed a scheme for the creation of two new colonies Drusus proposed the creation of twelve.
Name: Gaius
Last name: Marius
Born: 157 BC
Died: January 1386 BC
Career: Roman general and Statesman
He was elected consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his dramatic reforms of Romanarmies, authorizing recruitment of landless citizens, eliminating the manipular military formations, and reorganizing the structure of the legions into separate cohorts. Marius defeated the invading Germanic tribes, for which he was called "the third founder of Rome $% heis brother of Tiberius Gracchus. s”. In 134 BC, he was serving with the army at Numantia and his good services brought him tothe attention of Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus. Whether he arrived with Scipio Aemilianus or was already serving in the demoralized army that Scipio Aemilianus took over at Numantia is not clear.
He ran for election as one of the twenty-four special military tribunes of the first four legions who were elected. Sallust tells us that he was unknown by sight to the electors but wasreturned by all the tribes on the basis of his accomplishments. Next, he ran for the quaestorship after losing an election for local office in Arpinum. The military tribunate shows that he was already interested in Roman politics before the quaestorship. Perhaps he simply ran for local office as a means of gaining support back home, and lost to some other local worthy. Nothing is known of hisactions while quaestor. Next, he ran for the quaestorship after losing an election for local office in Arpinum. The military tribunate shows that he was already interested in Roman politics before the quaestorship. Perhaps he simply ran for local office as a means of gaining support back home, and lost to some other local worthy. Nothing is known of his actions while quaestor.
Name: Lucius CorneliusLast name: Sulla Felix
Born: 138 BC
Died: 78 BC
Career: General and Statesman
He had the rare distinction of holding the office ofconsul twice, as well as that of dictator. He was one of the canonical great men of Roman history. Sulla's dictatorship came during a high point in the struggle between optimates andpopulares, the former seeking to maintain the power of the oligarchy in...
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