Gaius Gracchus

Gaius Sempronius Gracchus
Gaius Sempronius Gracchus
Born	c. 154 BC
Died	121 BC; Rome
Nationality	Roman
Occupation(s)	Politician and soldier
Office	III vir agris dandis assignandis (133–121 BC); Plebeian tribune (123–122 BC);
Spouse	Licinia
Parent(s)	Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Cornelia
Relatives	Tiberius Gracchus (brother); Sempronia (sister); Scipio Africanus (grandfather);
Military career
Rank	Military tribune and quaestor
Wars	Numantine War (134–32 BC); Roman pacification of Sardinia (126–24 BC);

Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (c. 154 BC – 121 BC) was a reformist Roman politician and soldier who lived during the 2nd century BC. He is most famous for his tribunate for the years 123 and 122 BC, in which he proposed a wide set of laws, including laws to establish colonies outside of Italy, engage in further land reform, reform the judicial system and system for provincial assignments, and create a subsidised grain supply for Rome.

The year after his tribunate, his political enemies used political unrest – which he and his political allies had caused – as an excuse to declare martial law and march on his supporters, leading to his death. After his death, his political allies were purged in a series of trials, but most of his legislation was undisturbed.

His brother was the reformer Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus. Both, known together as the Gracchi brothers, were the sons of the Gracchus who was consul in 177 and 163 BC.

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