Gracchus

American  

[grak-uhs] / ˈgræk əs /

noun

1. Gaius Sempronius 153–121 b.c., and his brother, Tiberius Sempronius 163–133 b.c., Roman reformers and orators.

2. the Gracchi the brothers Gracchus.

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Gracchus British  

/ ˈɡrækəs /

noun

1. Tiberius Sempronius (taɪˈbɪərɪəs sɛmˈprəʊnɪəs). ?163–133 _bc , and his younger brother, Gaius Sempronius (ˈɡaɪəs), 153–121 _bc , known as the Gracchi. Roman tribunes and reformers. Tiberius attempted to redistribute public land among the poor but was murdered in the ensuing riot. Violence again occurred when the reform was revived by Gaius, and he too was killed

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Gracchus

Riding a populist wave to redistribute wealth, Tiberius Gracchus appealed to the democratic concilium plebis, cutting out the deliberative Senate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Tiberius’s brother Gaius Gracchus took up the cause, also becoming tribune.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

The revolutionary populist Gaius Gracchus helped build public streets because he understood the junction between a road and the rabble’s heart.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2018

The Gracchus brothers had concrete policies, not a “secret plan” or vague promises of “winning” with the “best deal.”

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2017

Then there was Sung Guo, also called Seneca Gracchus, who fought twelve Roman dragons and sixteen Chinese dragons in the western deserts of China.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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