HISB11H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Optimates, Tiberius Gracchus, Ager Publicus
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Wealthy held control of most of slave trade: after the punic wars, there were a lot of slaves. Ager publicus this was land that was held under the control of the roman state: not just one area it was any land taken from conquered areas. Senators could not do overseas trade, to limit their power: private requests dealing with overseas trade were handled by the equestrian class, this gave them a new source of power. Formation of two factions: optimates traditionalist powers, populares citizen/plebeian assembly, populist policies.
