Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (Consul 238 BC)

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Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was a Roman politician and military leader in the middle of the 3rd century BC. Chr.

Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus embarked on the usual official career of the Roman Republic. As an aedile he condemned in 246 BC Chr. Claudia , the daughter of Appius Claudius Caecus , to a heavy fine. With the help of this money, a large part of the newly built ( Iuppiter -) Libertas Temple on the Aventine could be paid for. In 238 he was consul and fought in this office against the Ligurians and later on Sardinia and Corsica , where he conquered Aléria , among others .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For his offices see T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC - 100 BC Cleveland, Ohio: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1951. Reprinted unmodified 1968. (Philological Monographs. Ed. By the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, Part 1), pp. 216f. And 221

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SURNAME Sempronius Gracchus, Tiberius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician, consul 238 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH before 238 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.