Tiberius Gracchus, one of the brothers believed strongly in distributing land to the poor. In fact, he was killed because of it(Beaten to death by wooden chairs)
I Gauis Gracchus should fulfill my brothers dying wishes
10 years later his brother Gaius continuedto develop his brother’s ideas. He made it possible for the equestrian classes to get power in the senate.
I can't deal with this anymore !!!
This would make trials fair. Yet parts of the senate wanted power for themselves and forced Gaius into killing himself
In 107 BCE Marius became a consul for the Plebians and Sulla was elected for the Populares
Woohooooo I got elected consul for the Plebians
And I got elected for the Populares!!!
They made it so that the soldiers were paid by generals so, in turn, soldiers were loyal to generals rather than the government.
siiicckkkk we're being payed now
WE WANT WAR !!!WE WANT WAR !!!WE WANT WAR !!!
Generals became so powerful that they acted like it was their own armies as civil wars broke out.