Classical Studies 3450E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gaius Gracchus, Roman Citizenship, Imperium

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

Document Summary

Classical studies 3450e midterm study guide: important terms. Tiberius gracchus: traditional early career, born 163 bce, educated at rome, military service under aemilianus, tribune of the plebs for 133 bce, concerned with small land owners who had been supplanted, had influential allies, killed in a riot. Gracchan legislation: tiberius, land commission, repossess land in excess of 500 acres, landowners outraged, agrarian commission, commissioners have imperium, power to make decisions without the senate. Senatus consultum: allowed the senate to take martial law to deal with gaius gracchus and his supporters, the last decree of the senate. Indicts generals from arausio debacle lex de maiestate: treason, other radical legislation. Inherited fortune from stepmother: low status patrician heritage, ambitious and ruthless, sulla is the one that actually captured jugurtha, he believes that he deserves the credit that was given to marius, was made dictator with no time limit. Internal political strife: renewed rivalry of marius and sulla.