The year 133 BC. is when some say, “daggers first entered the forum”, Gracchus, wanted to give state land that had been illegally occupied by the rich, back to the poor. Instead of first consulting the senate, like was the normal procedure, he took his proposal directly an assembly of the people. His actions brought many of the underlying problems of roman politics and the revolutionary issues that plagued Rome for the next 100 years to the light. The fall of the Roman republic has been blamed on many things, elitism, politics and corruption all contributed to the fall of the republic that led to the rise of the Empire. To understand Roman politics, one must first understand the mind set of the roman himself. Patricians were compromised …show more content…
The rising expectations for more profit led to gross corruption and a heightened competition for governships and increased electoral bribery. As peace was coming to the provinces, the booty stopped flowing, the military still needed to be taken care of, along with a slave population that had grown alarmingly large. The men that the senate trusted to fix problems were also men with ambition. The elite’s idea’s that nothing was done on the behalf of the poor, to make life better, but only done to gain votes, added with Rome’s treatment of allies, all elements that led to the fall. A society that revolved around greed, and structure rooted in inequality, had no chance for longevity. Human nature craves fair treatment, but the elite were not willing to give up any of their own power. The argument of the exact reason for why Rome’s republic fell will remain a topic for discussion, but its downfall will always be engrained in inequality that led to greed. Humans by nature expect fair treatment, and jealous of those in power. The Elite live in constant fear of losing status and prestige, it is this very human nature of all classes that has often led to the destruction of a society, just as it led to the downfall of the Roman Republic and open the way for the