Ancient Rome The Rise and Fall of an Empire: Revolution 1
Posted in ancient rome on Jan 31st, 2012
Life of Tiberius Gracchus. Rome was once a largely democratic society, with regular elections. This Republic lasted for 500 years, but then came Tiberius Gracchus. He believed in the ideals of the Republic – fairness, decency and justice for everyone -but was appalled by Rome’s aristocrats’ treatment of the poor. So he unleashed the power [...]