Gracchus
The Gracchus brothers, by Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume .
Gracchus (lat. The gracious , German pronunciation (IPA) mostly [ˈgʁaxʊs] , classic Latin pronunciation [ˈgrakʰʊs] ) is the cognomen of a distinguished plebeian family in the Roman Republic . The Gracchi were a branch of the Sempronians .
The most famous members of the family are:
- Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus , consul in 238 BC. Chr. And military leader;
- his son Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus , Roman consul in 215 BC. Chr.
- his namesake, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus , called the Elder , consul in the years 177 BC. BC and 163 BC Chr., † 154 BC BC, married to Cornelia , daughter of Scipio Africanus ; as well as their sons:
- the younger Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus , tribune of the people in 133 BC Chr .; attempted unconstitutionally in 132 BC To become tribune again;
- his brother Gaius Sempronius Gracchus , tribune of the people in the years 123 BC. BC and 122 BC Chr.
The brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus assigned to the Populares are also summarized under the name "the Gracchi" and are the originators of the Gracchian reforms that stand at the beginning of the Roman civil wars (133-30 BC).
The Gracchi were related by marriage to the Scipions , the Cornelians , the Claudians and the Paulli .