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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Example Sentences

In Takoma Park, Md., a proud bastion of lefty politics, attorney John Bohn outfitted two reproductions of ancient statuettes with campaign signs he had made for “Gaius Gracchus” and “Tiberius Gracchus,” the Roman brothers who were political populists.

From Washington Post

In one scene, a senator, Gracchus, attempts to confront Commodus, the emperor, about a plague spreading through Rome.

From The Guardian

And like Gracchus, Trump believes that, because he is acting in the name of the dispossessed, he is perfectly justified in shredding the Republic’s traditions.

From New York Times

It was these populares — populists like Tiberius Gracchus and his younger brother Gaius — who, in their bid for power, first broke some of the republic’s most longstanding norms.

From New York Times

During the century and a half between the days of Pyrrhus and the rise of Tiberius Gracchus, there had not been a single outbreak of large-scale political violence.

From New York Times