Gracchi reforms (1 gen 133 anni a. C. – 1 gen 121 anni a. C.)

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“[Tiberius Gracchus was] elected tribune in 133 B.C.E. Tiberius proposed that public land in the territories of Roman allies in Italy be redistributed to the poor of the city of Rome, and that the limit to the amount of land allowed to each individual set by the Licinian-Sextian laws be enforced. Although his reform enjoyed the support of some distinguished and popular members of the Senate, it angered those who had taken large tracts of public land for their own use, and also upset Rome’s allies, whose citizens were farming the land he proposed to give to Rome’s urban poor.”

“when [Tiberius Gracchus] sought re-election after his term was over, riots erupted among his opponents and supporters, and a group of senators beat Tiberius to death in cold blood. The death of Tiberius was the beginning of an era of political violence.
Although Tiberius was dead, his land bill became law, and his brother Gaius (GAY-uhs) Gracchus (153–121 B.C.E.) took up the cause. The name later given to the laws championed by the brothers, the Gracchi reforms”

"To help the urban poor, Gaius pushed legislation to provide them with cheap grain for bread, and he revived the program to send poor and propertyless people from Rome out to form colonies. To address the concerns of Rome’s allies about this, he proposed making all non-Roman Italians citizens so that they would be eligible for these benefits as well. This was not popular with many Roman citizens, rich and poor, who turned against him."

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