. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. IBERIUS SEMPRONIUS GRACCHUS,the elder of the famous asserters ofpopular rights among the Romans, wasborn i88. He served his first cam-paign under his maternal uncle, ScipioAfricanus. Not long after he became?,p ^—^^ consuls quaestor under Mancinus, thetmfortunate commander in the Numan-tine war. The respect of the Numantines for the memoryof his father enabled Gracchus to obtain favorable termsfor the defeated Roman army, but the Roman Senate, greatlydispleased, rejected the terms of the accommodation, andresolved to d
. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. IBERIUS SEMPRONIUS GRACCHUS,the elder of the famous asserters ofpopular rights among the Romans, wasborn i88. He served his first cam-paign under his maternal uncle, ScipioAfricanus. Not long after he became?,p ^—^^ consuls quaestor under Mancinus, thetmfortunate commander in the Numan-tine war. The respect of the Numantines for the memoryof his father enabled Gracchus to obtain favorable termsfor the defeated Roman army, but the Roman Senate, greatlydispleased, rejected the terms of the accommodation, andresolved to deliver all the officers of the army prisonersto the enemy. Finally, however, through the opposition ofthe people to this drastic measure, Mancinus alone wasdelivered up to the Numantines, being first stripped nakedand then shackled. This treatment estranged Gracchus fromthe Senate, and tended to confirm the antagonism in his bosomagainst their predominance in the State. The sympathy of Gracchus with the people was excitedmore by their distress than by his eviden
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