Classical Studies 3450E Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Praetor, Publican, Imperium

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3450E
• Professor: Debra Nousek

Document Summary

Death of gaius gracchus: senate thwarted reforms, tribunate ends in december of 122 bce, re-election, defeated, the only protection that he held was the imperium from being a member of the agrarian commission. The plebeians and the senate of rome were often at strife with each other concerning the enactment of laws, the canceling of debts, the division of lands, or the election of magistrates. Internal discord did not, however, bring them to actual blows; there were dissensions merely and within the limits of the law, which they composed by making mutual concessions, and with much respect for one another. It was in the midst of contests of this kind that marcius coriolanus (ca. 490 bce), having been banished contrary to justice, took refuge with the volsci and levied war against his country. This is the only case of armed strife that can be found in the ancient seditions, and this was caused by an exile.