CLAA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Gaius Marius, Gaius Gracchus, Plebeian Council
3 Feb 2016
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The civil wars and the rise of augustus. Themes: conflict between elites and plebeians (class struggle) rich and poor. Plebeians struggle for more power and control, elites try to keep it: conflict among elites different factions of the elites, civil war single leader civil war. Conflict among factions of elites, and class one supreme individual emerges. Romans are opposed to monarchy senate, two leaders. Key episodes: the gracchi (133 123 bce, marius vs. sculla (90s 80s bce, julius caesar (49 44 bce, octavian, aka augustus (31 bce 12 ce) Tiberius & gaius gracchus: two brothers champions of the plebeians (non elite) The plebeian assembly plebeian senate since could not participate in roman senate: tribune of the plebs president of plebeians. Don"t have to be plebeians but have lots of power over plebeian able to pass laws that apply to not only plebeians, but all romans. Have the power to block any action that was considered unlawful even.
