years of the Roman Empire the issue of succeeding as Emperor was decided either dynastically or by Adoptive succession. In Dynastic succession the current Emperor selects one of his relatives to succeed him. In some cases like with Augustus choosing Tiberius‚ the choice is only made because the intended successors are no longer a viable option‚ in this case due to the deaths of his intended heirs. Throughout the rest of the Julio-Claudian line and also with Commodus it seems that the preferred way of
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The assassination of Julius Caesar left Rome without a clear ruler and various people (including Caesar’s adopted nephew Brutus‚ his general Mark Antony‚ and his grand-nephew Octavian) fought for power until Octavian (later called Augustus) emerged as the clear winner in this three-way contest for domination of Rome in 30 BC (four-way if Mark Antony’s former ally Lepidus was included). But there was one thing that stood in the way of Octavian’s total rule of Rome: its Senate. It was likely that he
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Democracy Is Not Capable of Empire There are reasons why many of history’s greatest empires have tended to be either oligarchic or monarchial in nature. In observing the development of two of the ancient world’s most prominent models of representative government‚ the Athenian democracy and the Roman Republic‚ it can be concluded that when coupled with the political‚ economic‚ and social changes that come with expansion‚ the complications inherent with systems with democratic design prove incapable
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Gracchus brothers The Gracchus brothers are two brothers named Tiberius and Gaius who were called tribunes. These two wanted to pass land reform legislations that would redistribute the land among the poor and veterans from the wealth aristocrats. The law stated that “No one citizen would be able to possess more than 620 acres of public land.” The senate of Rome didn’t like what the brothers were doing so they immediately had them killed. In a way the brothers were killed just because they
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craving for power especially after enjoying sweet victory and the riches gained from sacking towns. Corruption grew within the political practices of Rome’s senate starting with the event that took place involving the Gracchi Brothers‚ Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Tiberius became elected as a Tribune in 133 B.C.E. and spent most of his time trying to push forward land reforms to pass that allowed the Plebian class to regain their land back from the Patricians. During the Punic Wars many Plebian farmers
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rich citizens just kept getting richer. In fact‚ because of this‚ leaders feared that violence would arise between the rich and the poor. The first leaders to address this problem were brothers named Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus‚ they held the Tribunes political office. The first brother Tiberius took office in 133 BC‚ he wanted to create farms for the poor Romans. The purpose of this was to keep poor citizens happy and prevent rebellions. It’s where he wanted to create them that is interesting
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The murder of Tiberius Gracchus by a mob of senators and their clients gave clear notice that the ruling consensus of the Roman Republic was shattered. Tiberius Gracchus took office as the tribune of the plebs in late 134 BCE when "everything in the Roman Republic seemed to be in fine working order."4 However‚ during this time Roman society
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5.3 Discussion Questions 1. Why did Cato object to repealing the Oppian law? What was the basis of his objections? Cato objected to repealing the oppian law because he thought that if women started to become equals with men‚ they would start to become their superiors. Cato referred to their ancestors and how they “permitted no woman to conduct even personal business without a guardian to intervene in her behalf‚” meaning a woman can’t make her own decisions and how a man decides her fate basically
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courteous’ approach‚ was an essential change that removed the senate from the state of servility that characterised their relationship with Tiberius. Supposedly at the advice of his grandmother Antonia‚ Gaius attempted to conciliate with the senatorial nobility‚ through the abolition of the delatores (informers) and maiestas trials that tainted the memory of Tiberius’ reign‚ as well as recalling senators whom had been exiled. Caligula also became increasingly popular with the Roman populace during the
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Marcus Antonius‚ commonly known in English as Mark Antony (Latin:M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N)[note 1] (January 14‚ 83 BC – August 1‚ 30 BC)‚ was a Romanpolitician and general. As a military commander and administrator‚ he was an important supporter and loyal friend of his mother ’s cousin Julius Caesar. AfterCaesar ’s assassination‚ Antony formed an official political alliance with Octavian (the future Augustus) and Lepidus‚ known to historians today as the Second Triumvirate. The triumvirate broke up in
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