Tiberius Gracchus proposes a moderate public-land reform and is killed because the nobility treats the state itself as its property.
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Tiberius Gracchus proposes a moderate public-land reform and is killed because the nobility treats the state itself as its property.
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"...now what do you do? So, this man is named Tiberius Gracchus, and he's a reformer. And he says basically, hey guys, here's what..."
"No one's using this stuff. Give it to the people to work to generate more wealth for our society. We have more tax revenue...."
"...War. So this is about a year 100 BCE. And Tiberius Gracchus, who is one of the Gracchi brothers that Alex referenced, he was..."
"...people who were destitute and who were landless. So all Tiberius Gracchus said was this. We're not going to redistribute property. We're not going..."
"...with that. Yeah, correct. You know, like going back to Tiberius Gracchus, you know, right. If you wanted to"
"...believe the first clash happened with the Gracchi brothers. Okay? The Gracchus brothers. And these are, again, lower nobility who had a very simple..."
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