What weaknesses did the Gracchi reveal and how did they choose
What weaknesses did the Gracchi reveal and how did they choose to use the common people to exploit those weaknesses? To answer these questions you will need
What weaknesses did the Gracchi reveal and how did they choose
Scholars assert that the Gracchi played a pivotal at Rome because they exposed the weakness of the Roman constitution.
Does this challenge what you know about the Roman constitution from Polybius?
What weaknesses did the Gracchi reveal and how did they choose to use the common people to exploit those weaknesses?
To answer these questions you will need to read Polybius’ analysis of the Roman constitution and Barry Strauss’ article, “Populares and populists.”
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As for the Roman constitution, it had three elements, each of them possessing sovereign powers: and their respective share of power in the whole state had been regulated with such a scrupulous regard to equality and equilibrium, that no one could say for certain, not even a native, whether the constitution as a whole were an aristocracy or democracy or despotism.
And no wonder: for if we confine our observation to the power of the Consuls we should be inclined to regard it as despotic; if on that of the Senate, as aristocratic; and if finally one looks at the power possessed by the people it would seem a clear case of democracy.
What the exact powers of these several parts were, and still, with slight modifications, are, I will now state.
The Consuls, before leading out the legions, remain in Rome and are supreme masters of the administration.
All other magistrates, except the Tribunes, are under them and take their orders.
They introduce foreign ambassadors to the Senate; bring matters requiring deliberation before it;