CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Gaius Gracchus, Cerebral Palsy, Caligae

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

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3 with carthaginians, took their entire empire. 4 wars with macedonians, defeated and won greece. Murdered and enslaved carthaginians, pulled the city to the ground. Plowed the city over, removing it from the face of the earth. Sowed the earth with salt so nothing could grow. Gave the same kind of punishment to corinth in greece. No power left to rival them, single super-power of the (cid:834)known world(cid:835) Wealth and power was not equal (aristocrats got the wealth) Huge unflux of slave labour created an unemployment problem. Poverty and unemployment > perpetual civil war. Aristocrats, tried taking wealth from the rich and giving it to the poor. Both murdered by aristocrats who didn(cid:835)t like their attempt to reform. Under pressure of the turmoil of 2nd century bc, as a mean to bring peace and stablility to rome came the strong men. L. cornelius sulla (felix) 82 and 81 bc. Social war and servile wars 135 71 bc.