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To: Bruce L who wrote (74396)	9/24/2000 1:17:46 PM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Respond to of 95453

(OT) Bruce. L., The Gracchi Brothers are generally considered responsible for introducing mob rule an violence/ intimidation into Roman Republic politics (They'd appeal to the Roman Mob which was largely unemployed former army soldiers released after service in the costly Punic Wars). That started a precedent and then followed a string of persons who ignored the Roman Constitution, Saturninus (crushed by Marius), L. Cornellius Sulla (Marius' former right-hand man goes bad- proscriptions), Marcus Crassus, and then the great struggle between Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar about seventy years after the Gracchi Bros- all of whom thumbed their noses at Roman Republic laws and rules.... The Gracchi Bros had some genuinely good ideas on agrarian reform ("Lex Agraria"), mainly to deal with the influx into Rome of all of these former soldiers. They just used violence, circumvented the Roman Constitution, and threatened class warfare in trying to intimidate the Senate to accomplish their aims- That's where they got their rap.... Interestingly last night I was studying the Roman form of support of poor Italian agrarian children called "Alimenta" ... Very fascinating program. In fact most modern political programs were likely already tried at least once during the long tenure of the Roman Republic/Empire. There's a two book source book called "Roman Civilization" by Lewis and Reinhold that carries tons of original translations of Latin source documents nicely organized...Lex Agraria is in there too... Also check outthis Website: history.idbsu.edu