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Gaius Gracchus Biography

Gaius Semprionius Gracchus (159-121 B.C.) Younger brother of Tiberius Semprionius Gracchus. Attained the quaestorship in 126 and was elected tribune in 123. He then renewed the enforcement of his brother's laws, favoring the populace against the nobility.

Arthur Mayer Wolfson, Essentials in Ancient History (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1902) 349. (The Gracchi, Ideal portraits.)

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