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Gracchus

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Grac·chus  (grks), Tiberius Sempronius 163-133 b.c.
Roman social reformer. Known with his brother Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (153-121 b.c.) as "the Gracchi," he sought to aid poor farmers through greater subdivision of land but was killed in a riot. Gaius assumed his brother's work, initiating several reforms, and met a similar fate.


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