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HISTORY

ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY

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In this excerpt, Tiberius Gracchus is depicted as angry with the ____ “The wild beasts that roam over Italy . . . have every one of them a cave or lair to lurk in; but the men who fight and die for Italy enjoy the common air and light, indeed, but nothing else . . . they fight and die to support others in wealth and luxury, and though they are [thought of as] masters of the world, they have not a single clod of earth that is their own.”-excerpt from Plutarch’s The Life of Tiberius Gracchus
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Carthaginians
B
patricians
C
Corsicans
D
plebeians
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -How were the violent deaths of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus a turning point in the history of the Roman republic? Their deaths broke with the traditional taboo against political violence and introduced factions into Roman politics. The reign of the five “good emperors” (96 C.E.-180 C.E.)

Detailed explanation-2: -They wanted to help the poor and give the common people their rights. Also, they saw that the plebian population owned very little land. In order to accomplish these goals, they had to make many land reforms. broke the law, the land would revert back to the public and be given to the poor.

Detailed explanation-3: -After the deaths of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, Rome descended into a period of turmoil and violence. Their deaths set a precedent of election campaigns ending in bloodshed. Rome would never be the same. The Gracchus brothers were two of the most influential and controversial figures in Roman history.

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