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Tiberius GRACCHUS 163 - 133 BC Roman Politician Tiberius Gracchus was elected tribune of the people in Rome. He initiated a land-reform to help impoverished citizens after the exhausting Punic wars. He was slain by the aristicoratic opposition when he sought re-election. His brother, Gaius Gracchus (154 -121), put back in effect the laws his brother had made, and tried to turn Rome into a democracy. Gaius Gracchus proposed to grant full citizenship to all Italic allies.
Gaius was re-elected
tribune a second time but when he failed to win office a third
time, there were riots, during which Gaius was killed.
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