Plutarch's Life of Gaius Gracchus
By Plutarch (Rome)
The fiery, eloquent younger brother who carried forward the agrarian revolution, challenged the Senate's supremacy, and met a tragic fate on the Aventine Hill. Moral focus: Passionate eloquence, bold reform, and political tragic downfall.
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Lesson 1: The Fiery Orator & The Pitch-Pipe
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Gaius Sempronius Gracchus
The Fiery Orator & The Pitch-Pipe
Pacing the platform, tearing his toga in fury; keeping a slave behind him with a pitch-pipe to lower his voice when it rose too shrill.
[Public Domain: Plutarch's Parallel Lives, translated by John Dryden / Thomas North.]
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Lesson 1: The Fiery Orator & The Pitch-Pipe
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Gaius Sempronius Gracchus
Lesson 2: The Quæstorship in Sardinia
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Lesson 3: The Ghost of Tiberius in the Dream
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Lesson 4: Elected Tribune: The Hurricane of Reform
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Lesson 5: The Building of the Great Roman Roads
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Lesson 6: Re-elected Tribune: The Second Term
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Lesson 7: The Founding of Junonia on Carthage
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Lesson 8: The Slanderous Campaign of Livius Drusus
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Lesson 9: The Death of the Attendant Antyllius
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Lesson 10: The First 'Senatus Consultum Ultimum'
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Lesson 11: The Defense on the Aventine Hill
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Lesson 12: The Grove of the Furies & Cornelia's Pride
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