Gaius Papirius Carbo (father)

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Gaius Papirius Carbo († 119 BC ) was a Roman politician and orator.

Carbo initially supported the reforms of Tiberius Gracchus . He worked with Gaius Gracchus in the implementation of the agrarian laws of his brother. As a tribune of the people (131 BC), Carbo introduced a secret ballot for the enactment and repeal of laws; a proposal to allow the tribunes direct re-election was opposed by Scipio Aemilianus . Carbo was suspected to have something to do with the sudden death of Scipio (129 BC).

In the following years he switched to the Optimates and defended as Consul of the year 120 BC. Successful Lucius Opimius , the murderer of Gaius Gracchus, when he was accused of killing citizens without trial, and went so far as to claim that Gracchus was rightly slain. But the Optimates did not trust Carbo. He was accused by Lucius Licinius Crassus and committed 119 BC. Suicide when he realized that he could not expect any support from the Optimates and that his condemnation was certain.

Gaius Papirius Carbo had a son of the same name, see Gaius Papirius Carbo (son) .

The sources that inform about Carbo are Livy , Epit. 59; Appian , Bell. Civ. 1.18; Velleius Paterculus 2,4 and Valerius Maximus 3,7,6.

literature

  • Werner Suerbaum : C. Papirius Carbo. In: Werner Suerbaum (Ed.): The archaic literature. From the beginnings to Sulla's death (= Handbook of Ancient Latin Literature , Volume 1). CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48134-5 , p. 505
personal data
SURNAME Papirius Carbo, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carbo, Gaius Papirius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician and speaker
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 119 BC Chr.