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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus whose names are entwined with the end of Rome's Republic and the rise of the Roman Emperors. As tribunes, they brought popular reforms to the Roman Republic at the end of the 2nd century BC. Tiberius (c163-133BC) brought in land reform so every soldier could have his farm, while Gaius (c154-121BC) offered cheap grain for Romans and targeted corruption among the elites. Those elites saw the reforms as such a threat that they had the brothers killed: Tiberius in a shocking murder led by the Pontifex Maximus, the high priest, in 133BC and Gaius 12 years later with the senate's approval. This increase in political violence was to destabilise the Republic, forever tying the Gracchi to the question of why Rome鈥檚 Republic gave way to the Rome of Emperors.

With

Catherine Steel
Professor of Classics at the University of Glasgow

Federico Santangelo
Professor of Ancient History at Newcastle University

And

Kathryn Tempest
Lecturer in Roman History at the University of Leicester

Producer: Simon Tillotson
In Our Time is a 成人快手 Studios Audio Production