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Emergence of Rome as an empire(a) Who were the Gracchus brothers?(b) What role did they play?(c) What was the outcome of their martyrdom?.(d) Who was the first Roman Emperor?

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a) The Gracchi brothers, Tiberius and Gaius, were Romans who both served as tribunes in the late 2nd century BC. They attempted to pass land reform legislation that would redistribute the major aristocratic landholdings among the urban poor and veterans, in addition to other reform measuresb) The Gracchi, Tiberius Gracchus, and Gaius Gracchus, were Roman brothers who tried to reform Rome's social and political structure to help the lower classes in the 2nd century BCE. The brothers were politicians who represented the plebs, or commoners, in the Roman government.c) The Death and Suicide of theGracchi. After TiberiusGracchuswas killed during the rioting in 133, hisbrotherGaius (154–121 BCE) stepped in. GaiusGracchustook up the reform issues of hisbrotherwhen he became tribune in 123 BCE, ten years after the death ofbrotherTiberius.d) Augustus



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