(born &circa; 169—died June 133 &BC;, Rome) Roman aristocrat and tribune (133 &BC;). He sponsored agrarian reforms to restore the class of small independent farmers on which the Roman economy and military depended.
Although a traditional system only 30 years before, it was seen as radical by his Senate enemies. He was assassinated in a riot sparked by senatorial opponents angered by his unorthodox political tactics. His brother Gaius Sempronius Gracchus enforced his reforms.
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