The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . hands. By various laws he took away power from theSenate, and himself ruled in its place. He had tried to pro- §517] THE GRACCHI 425 vide against his brothers fate by a law expressly legalizing re-election to the tribuneship, and he served two terms, virtuallyas dictator. With unrivaled activity, says Mommsen, he concentrated themost varied and complicated functions in his own person. He himselfwatched over the distribution of grain, selected jurymen, founded colo-nies in person, notwithstanding that his magistracy legally chained himto th
The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . hands. By various laws he took away power from theSenate, and himself ruled in its place. He had tried to pro- §517] THE GRACCHI 425 vide against his brothers fate by a law expressly legalizing re-election to the tribuneship, and he served two terms, virtuallyas dictator. With unrivaled activity, says Mommsen, he concentrated themost varied and complicated functions in his own person. He himselfwatched over the distribution of grain, selected jurymen, founded colo-nies in person, notwithstanding that his magistracy legally chained himto the city, regulated highways and concluded business contracts, led thediscussions of the Senate, settled the consular elections; in short, heaccustomed the people to the fact that one man was foremost in allthings, and threw the lax and lame administration of the Senate into theshade by the vigor and dexterity of his personal rule. 517. Attempt to extend Citizenship to Italians. — Cains alsopressed earnestly for political reform outside the city. He. Temple of Apollo at Pompeii. proposed, wisely and nobly, to confer full citizenship upon theLatins, and Latin rights upon all Italy. But the tribes, jealousof any extension of their privileges to others, were quite ready 426 ROMAN REPUBLIC: FALL [§518 to desert him on these matters. The knights and the mer-chants, too, had grown hostile, from jealousy of the proposalto rebuild commercial rivals like Corinth and Carthage. The Senate seized its chance. It set on another tribune,Drusus, to outbid Caius by promises never meant to be proposed to found twelve large colonies at once in Italyand to do away with the small rent paid by the new was no land for these colonies, but the mob thoughtlesslyfollowed the treacherous demagogue and abandoned its trueleader. When Gracchus stood for a third election he wasdefeated. 518. Murder of Caius. — Now that he was no longer protectedby the sanctity of the tribuneshi
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