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

Gracchus, among others, was worried that the free, farm-owning common Roman would go extinct if the current trend of rich landowners seizing farms and replacing farmers with slaves continued.

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

As tribune, Tiberius Gracchus introduced a law to break up big estates created out of public lands.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2017

In 122BC the reforming Roman tribune Gaius Gracchus gave all citizens the right to a monthly “dole” of cut-price grain.

From Newsweek • Mar. 28, 2015

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