CLA 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Extortion, Gallia Narbonensis, Publican

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2103
• Professor: Antonia Holden

Document Summary

Acquisiion and growth of the empire imposed severe strain on roman state. State consisted of two mutually hosile elements: pops vs. ops. Ruin of subsistence farmer had compromised supply of soldiers. As a reformer, tiberius sought land reform in order to restore farmer to armies. He also sought poliical restoraion damage control ater implicaion in humiliaing treaty with viriathus. Issues and problems: assemblies increasingly passive; not representaive, corrupion, mismanagement of provinces to rule provinces, senate made excepions to the consituion. Senate broke its own laws re: iteraion, too much prorogaion: issue of enfranchisement of allies became more urgent, issue of equitable land distribuion had not been resolved. Romans were aware of problems and there were prior atempts at reform. 140 bce laelius tried to enforce the land distribuion rules set out in old licinio-sexian. Laws (367 bce: his plan was rejected by senate. The land program created several problems: law and agrarian program caused problems with allies.