EPISODE · Apr 10, 2026 · 29 MIN
Episode 26. Gaius Gracchus: Revolution and Reaction
from Real Roman History · host Hugo Prudentius
SOURCE NOTES:Plutarch, Life of Gaius Gracchus -- The fullest narrative; read alongside the Life of Tiberius for the brothers as a pair.Appian, Civil Wars Book 1, chapters 17-26 -- The analytical account of Gaius's program and fall.Andrew Lintott, Violence in Republican Rome (1968, revised 1999) -- Essential on the SCU and its constitutional implications.David Stockton, The Gracchi (1979) -- The standard modern treatment of both brothers.Erich Gruen, The Last Generation of the Roman Republic (1974) -- The political context and the populares/optimates question.Cicero, various speeches and letters -- The most important near-contemporary source; hostile to Gracchan methods, respectful of Gracchan goals.
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