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Expansion of Empire
Rome Test
Person | Description | Description | Description | |
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Tiberies Gracchus | Killed in 133 BCE after proposing land reforms that benefited the poor | Did not support expansion because thought increased number of poor people in Rome | ||
Pompey the Great | Part of First triumvirate | Schemed with Senate to get rid of Caesar | Killed by Caesar | |
Marcus Crassus | Part of First Triumvirate | |||
Julius Ceasar | Senate declared him to abandon his legions or be considered an enemy by republic | Enemies in Senate killed him on March, 15 44 BCE | Part of First Triumvirate | Declared himself dictator in 46 BCE |
Spartacus | Leads army of slaves against Roman legions | Slave who escaped gladiator school | Did not support expansion because thought it would grow slave population | |
Gaius Gracchus | Younger brother of Tiberius Gracchus | Killed in 123 BCE after again proposing brothers reform | Did not support expansion because thought it would lose farmer's jobs. |