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The Gracchi (Gracchi)

Tiberius Gracchus and his brother Gaius tried to share public land with poorer citizens. Many senators opposed those laws. Both brothers were killed in the political struggle. The story is about land, the people, and the strain on the Republic.

Grades 7–8. History.

How it connects

They come after the fall of Carthage and before the civil wars of Marius and Sulla.

Latin words that go with this card: ager, populus.

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