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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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The Gracchi Brothers and the Agrarian Crisis (133–121 BCE)

The Gracchi Brothers and the Agrarian Crisis (133–121 BCE)

  1. Tiberius Gracchus elected plebeian tribune

    Labels: Tiberius Gracchus, tribunate, land reform

  2. Octavius vetoes Tiberius’ agrarian bill

    Labels: Marcus Octavius, tribunate

  3. Octavius deposed from the tribunate

    Labels: Tribunate, Tiberius Gracchus

  4. Lex Sempronia agraria establishes land commission

    Labels: Lex Sempronia, land commission

  5. Tiberius, Appius, and Gaius chosen land commissioners

    Labels: Tiberius Gracchus, Appius Claudius, Gaius Gracchus

  6. Pergamum bequeathed to Rome after Attalus III dies

    Labels: Attalus III, Pergamum

  7. Tiberius killed in riot at Rome

    Labels: Tiberius Gracchus, political violence

  8. Senate permits commission, prosecutes Tiberius’ followers

    Labels: Roman Senate, land commission

  9. Gaius Gracchus serves as quaestor in Sardinia

    Labels: Gaius Gracchus, quaestorship

  10. Gaius Gracchus elected tribune, begins reform program

    Labels: Gaius Gracchus, tribunate

  11. Lex Sempronia frumentaria creates subsidized grain sales

    Labels: Lex Sempronia, grain law

  12. Lex Acilia shifts extortion juries to equites

    Labels: Lex Acilia, equites

  13. Gaius re-elected tribune for a second term

    Labels: Gaius Gracchus, tribunate

  14. Senatus consultum ultimum issued against Gaius Gracchus

    Labels: Senate, senatus consultum

  15. Aventine confrontation and deaths of Gaius Gracchus and Flaccus

    Labels: Gaius Gracchus, Marcus Fulvius