Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
Why was the senate anti-lex sempronia
Owned public land
What did the senate do to prevent lex s
Persuaded octavius (other tribune) to veto lex s
How did tib deal with oct's 2nd veto
Physically removed him
What did octavius do when he was voted out
Vetoed it
What did tib do when octavius vetoed him
Voted he be removed from office
What had happened to land captured by Rome
Was public land but was bought by the rich
What did tib do after senate didn't approve lex s
Wrote to concillius plebina
What happened to rest of public land after lex sempronia
Given to homeless
How long had Rome been at war for (post tib being tribune of plebs)
100 years
When was tib elected tribune of the plebs
133 BC
When was tin appointed quaestor
137BC
What year did his father bring peace to Spain in
179BC
When did Tib's military career start
2nd Punic war
Exception to lex sempronia
A man could hold 250 jugera extra for each son
Senate's views on lex sempronia
Against
Why was tib asking for pleb to approve lex s
Against customs, senate had to approve first
What did tib ask conc. plebina to do
Approve of laws
Who was his mother
Cornelia, daughter of Scipio Africanus Maior
Who was consul when tib was made quaestor
Gaius Hustilus
What happened after tib removed oct
He violated the right of sacrosanct
What did tib first do as tribune
Help the homeless
What happened to soldiers when they returned
Homeless and unemployed
What were latifundia
Large grain farms worked on by slaves
What did the estates become
Latifundia
What was Tib's first military job
Military tribune, staff of brother-in-law
Was Tib successful in Spain
No
What were the lex sempronia
No citizen could own more than 500 jugera public land
Sister's husband
Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Minor
Sister's name
Sempronia
What did tib do when he lost support
Shut down Rome
How did he save the roman army
Signed peace treaty
Who were legonaries
Soldiers required to serve in complete campaign no matter the length
What country did hus father bring peace to
Spain
Who bought the bankrupt estates
The upper class
What happened to estates while men were at war
They went bankrupt
What started the tension between tib and the senate
Tib asked the senate to justify treaty in Spain
Who was in the land commission
Tib, Appia Claudius (f-i-l) and Gaius gracchus