the Gracchus Brothers

With his brother, Gaius Gracchus (153-121 BC), Tiberius Gracchus, (163-133 BC), was brought up under special care of his mother, Cornelia, daughter of Scipio Africanus the Elder. In 146 BC he took part in the capture and destruction of Carthage, on which occasion he is said to have been the first Roman to scale the city wall. In 137 BC he acted as financial administrator to the army of Gaius Hostilius Mancinus in Spain. There in the …showed first 75 words of 505 total…

…showed last 75 words of 505 total…the Senate and to increase that of wealthy commoners. Gaius was re-elected tribune in 122 BC. In 121BC Lucius Opimius, an enemy of Gaius, was elected consul while Gaius himself failed to obtain his third term of tribuneship. He was then deserted by the majority of his supporters and was forced to escape across Tiber River. The following day his body was discovered on the Janiculum, a hill located on the west bank of the river.