Tiberius And Gaius Gracchus Struggle To Agrarian Reform

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were Roman tribunes who wanted land to be redistributed to displaced land owners. They were both members of the Populares, which were a group who relied on the people's assemblies to gain political power. Tiberius thought that the reasons of Rome’s problems was the shortage of small farmers. He wanted to create a distribution program called Ager Publicus populi Romani (APPR) and wanted the government to redistribute government land to the poor. The Senate was unwilling to agrarian reform because a majority of its members were wealthy and owned much of the land and it was the main source of their wealth. When Tiberius’s run came to an end his brother, Gaius, sought to continue what he started. He began this by removing the senate from the extortion

Tiberius and Gaius were constantly fighting for what they believed in, which made them enemies of the state, because they were not following certain rules in order to get their laws passed. Tiberius redistributes land to the poor and he does this without the approval of the Senate, so he gets assassinated when he tries to run for re election. Gaius, follows his brothers footsteps and is also assassinated after trying to run a third time for tribune. So, with the Gaius brothers constantly pushing for what they believed in, they had to become enemies with Rome, in order to put their laws in effect. Tiberius Gracchus was born in 163 BC, and because of his political views, his death came in 133 BC. Son of Cornelia and Tiberius, him and his brother, Gaius left an important mark on Roman history. During his time in Rome, it was common for the Romans to divide the land conquered from neighboring countries during wartime. Some of the land would be sold by auction while the other was known as “common land: and was distributed among the most needy citizens of the city. If you were in need and were given land, you would pay a small rent,