Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (Consul 125 BC)

Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (M. Fulvius Mf Flaccus; * around 168 BC; † 121 BC ) was a politician of the Roman Republic and an ally of the Gracches . He was born in 130 BC. He was the administrator of the agrarian reform and proposed, as a solution to the problem of land distribution between the allied cities, Roman citizenship for the citizens of these cities, an issue that would stir up Roman politics for many years. As consul of the year 125 BC He was commissioned by the Senate to support Massilia (today's Marseille ) against the sacking of the Salluvians .

Flaccus conquered large parts of Gallia Narbonensis and returned in 123 BC. Back with a triumphal procession . 122 BC He became tribune of the people together with Gaius Sempronius Gracchus . In the same year he went to Africa to found a Roman colony, Colonia Junonia , on the ruins of Carthage .

When he and Gracchus were re-elected in 121 BC. Did not succeed, Flaccus organized a mass protest on the Aventine , which was forcibly suppressed by the consul Lucius Opimius , whereby first the young son of Flaccus, who was sent as a parliamentarian, was slain and then, along with Gaius Sempronius Gracchus and many others, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus was also killed .