Cicero | Pro Sestio – Speech Cicero | De Lege Agraria – Speech Cicero | Ad Catilinam II and IV –
made in defense of Sestius. made as consul in 63 denouncing Speeches made attacking Catiline's
Shows Cicero's favourable Rullus' proposed land reforms. supposed plot against the republic.
opinions of the optimates. Demonstrative of financial crisis in Useful for understanding the groups
Rome at the time. Influenced by of people who supported Sulla.
Cicero's biases as a conservative. Influenced by Cicero's biases against
Sulla and his rival Catiline.
Tiberius took Demo
His unprecedented Massacring of supporters wealt
unprecedented steps,
election on multiple would arguably motivate were
including running for a
occasions and use of mob Sulla to do the same later in the
second term, to secure
violence means he could on, in turn motivating the had
land reform. His murder Early example of the use
be viewed as a model for proscriptions of the triump
is considered an early act before
Sulla and Caesar. of private armies to gain Second Triumvirate.
of political violence. success. Sulla used this to to hol
Tiberius Gracchus, a Gaius Marius is elected However, use of street
populare, attempts to pass consul for an bolster his conservative violence not Sertor
leges agrariae and is killed unprecedented four credentials and unprecedented. revolt
by a group of senators consecutive times. He ultimately gain power. Sulla leaves to fight Lusita
who feared the popularity passes significant military The Socii (rural Italians) Mithridates VI in Asia to que
this would give him. He reforms. Employed gang revolt against Rome for Minor. Marius the Younger with
attempted to stand for violence with his ally Latin status. Sulla raises an takes Rome and massacres army.
reelection. Saturninus. army and quells the revolt, Sulla's supporters. sent
2nd-5th consulships of gaining a triumph. Marius the Younger takes Numid
Tribunate of Tiberius
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