Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . plundeuug i ithci than cieate by in-dustiy \\t« now .i siKind nituie whose de-mands would not 111- luisjud The funch- and enforce its provisions were resisted by thecombined power of the aristocracy. Whenappeals for relief were made to the govern-ment the s
Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . plundeuug i ithci than cieate by in-dustiy \\t« now .i siKind nituie whose de-mands would not 111- luisjud The funch- and enforce its provisions were resisted by thecombined power of the aristocracy. Whenappeals for relief were made to the govern-ment the same power confronted the was evident tliat nothing less than a blowstruck at the Iundaniental jirinciple of land-ownership could bring about the needed eqiii-hbiium m Roman societj At thisjunctuie theie aro-c the two bioth-fis TiBERiLs md Cvus r7tv(fHis Theyemu in tlie ( h n ic t 1 f i pidii k f nmeis to. mental difficulty in the state arose from thequestion of lauded piopei-ty. The multitudesof small farms which had been tiie pride ofthe Republic were now absorbed in a few vastestates owned by the nobles. The f>_)ri,^erlaud-owners had become impoverished, andhad gone to Rome. Their places were takenby slaves. The poor freemen became the cli-ents of the rich. The old Licinian Law, whichrequired that the lands of Italy should be cul-tivated—at least in part—by free labor, hadbecome a dead letter. All attempts to revive remedy the ills to which the state was were the sons of Tiberius SemproniusGracchus and Cornelia, the daughter of ScipioAfricanns the Elder. The father of the Gracchihad been a governor in Spain, and had by hisprudent administration acquired an enviablereputation for wisdom and patriotism. By liisdeath the two boys were left at an early ageto the care of their mother, famous in Gracchus, the elder of the two, ac-companied Scipio ^milianu
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