Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

SEMP1525 Ti. Sempronius (54) Ti. f. P. n. Gracchus

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Sall. Jug. 41.9-42.1, VM. 6.3.1d

Life Dates

  • 162, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 133, death - violent (Broughton MRR I) Expand

    Murdered in riot.

Relationships

grandson of
P. Cornelius (336) P. f. L. n. Scipio Africanus Maior (cos. 205) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. de orat. I 38, Cic. har. resp. 41, Cic. off. II 80, Dio frg. 83 (1) (XXIV), Vell. II 2.1, Vell. II 7.1

son of
Cornelia (407) (daughter of P. Cornelius (336) P. f. L. n. Scipio Africanus (cos. 205)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Auct. vir. ill. 64.1, Cic. Brut. 104, Cic. Brut. 213, Cic. de orat. I 38, Cic. de orat. III 214, Cic. inv. I 5, Cic. inv. I 91, Dio frg. 83 (1) (XXIV), Diod. XXXIV/XXXV 25, Plin. n.h. VII 122, Plin. n.h. VII 57, Plin. n.h. XXXIV 31, Quintil. inst. I 1.6, Tac. dial. 28.5, Vell. II 2.1

Ti. Sempronius (53) P. f. Ti. n. Gracchus (cos. 177) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Ampel. 19.3, Auct. vir. ill. 53.2, Auct. vir. ill. 73.3, Cic. de orat. I 38, Cic. har. resp. 41, Cic. inv. I 48, Cic. inv. I 91, Cic. off. II 80, Flor. I 33.9, Gell. VI 19.6, Gell. XII 8.1, Plin. n.h. VII 122, Plut. Ti. Gracch. 1, Val. Max. IX 7.2, Vell. II 2.1

brother of
Sempronia (99) (daughter of Ti. Sempronius (53) P. f. Ti. n. Gracchus (cos. 177)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Oros. V 10.10

C. Sempronius (47) Ti. f. P. n. Gracchus (tr. pl. 123) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. div. I 56, Dio frg. 85 (1) (XXV), Flor. II 3.1, Liv. per. 58, Liv. per. 60, Lucan. I 267, Oros. V 12.3, Plin. n.h. XIII 83, Plin. n.h. XXXIII 34, Val. Max. I 7.6, Val. Max. VI 3.1, Vell. II 2.2f., Vell. II 6.4

married to
Claudia (385) (daughter of Ap. Claudius (295) Cn. f. Ap. n. Pulcher (cos. 143)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Ti. Gracch. 9, Vell. II 2.2f.

father of
-. Sempronius (38) Gracchus (son of Ti. Sempronius (54) Ti. f. P. n. Gracchus (tr. pl. 133)) (RE)
-. Sempronius (39) Gracchus (son of Ti. Sempronius (54) Ti. f. P. n. Gracchus (tr. pl. 133)) (RE)
Ti.? Sempronius (55) Gracchus (son of Ti. Sempronius (54) Ti. f. P. n. Gracchus (tr. pl. 133)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio frg. 83 (1) (XXIV)

Career

  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 147 Africa (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • All three served under Scipio at Carthage, Laelius certainly as a Legate, who commanded one division of the forces against Nepheris (Cic. Rep. 2.67, cf. Lael. 103; App. Lib. 126; Zon. 9.30). Fannius and Gracchus were among the first to scale the wall of Carthage, probably that of the Megara (Plut. TG 4.5).{465} (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 146 Africa (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • On these two, see 147, Legates. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Augur? 145 to 143 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Plut. TG 4.1. He became an Augur at an early age, but the date is not known. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Augur 142 to 133 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 137 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • See Quaestors. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Quaestor 137 Hispania Citerior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Served under Mancinus against Numantia, and because of his father's reputation in Spain was acceptable to the Numantines as an envoy in arranging the treaty (see above, Consuls). It was proposed in the Senate to hand him and other members of Mancinus' staff over to the Numantines (Cic. Har. Resp. 41, and 43; Brut. 103; Vell. 2.2.1; Quintil. Inst. Or. 7.4.13; Plut. TG 5-7; Flor. 2.2.2; Dio fr. 83.2; Auct. Vir. Ill. 59.4; 64.1; Oros. 5.8.3; cf. Claud. Quad. fr. 73, and Val. Ant. fr. 57 Peter). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Agris Iudicandis Assignandis 133 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Elected under the agrarian law of Ti. Gracchus to resume possession of public land and divide it among the poor, then empowered to decide questions of ownership (App. BC 1.13, and 18-19; cf. CIL 1 .2.639-644 and 719, the boundary stones; Cic. Leg. Agr. 2.31; Liv. Per. 58; Val. Max. 7.2.6; Vell. 2.2.3; Plut. TG 13.1). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Tribunus Plebis 133 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Immediately upon entering office he embarked on a program of reform which involved l. an agrarian law which limited possession of public land to the amount set by the Licinio-Sextian rogations of 366 and provided for assigning the rest to poor people through a commission of three persons; 2. deposition of his colleague Octavius from office when he persisted in his veto (see above); 3. grant to the commission of the right to decide questions of ownership; 4. application of funds from the Attalid inheritance to the work of the commission; 5. also, but with less good authority, he is credited with bills to limit the term of military service, to reaffirm the right of appeal to the{494} people, and to make knights members of juries. When a candidate for reelection he was attacked in the Forum by a group of senators and killed on the Capitol with many of his supporters. (In general, see Liv. Per. 58; Plut. TG 8-20; App. BC 1-17; Augustin. CD 3.24;cf. FOR 2.1-15, 109-114; on the agrarian law, see also Cic. Leg. Agr. 2.10 and 31; Sest. 103; Off. 2.80; Diod. 34-35.6.1-2; Val. Max. 7.2.6; Vell. 2.2.3; Flor. 2.2.3; Auct. Vir. Ill. 64.3; Schol. Bob. 118, and 135 Stangl; cf. Lex Agr. of 111 passim; FOR 1.221, 223f.; 2.111ff.; on Octavius, see above; on the commission, see Special Commission; on the Attalid inheritance: Liv. Per. 58; Plut. TG 14; Flor. 1.35; Auct. Vir. Ill. 64.5; Oros. 5.8.4; on the minor measures: Plut. TG 16; Plin. NH 33.34; Tac. Ann. 12.60; Dio fr. 63; Ampel. 26.1; Macrob. 3.14.6; on his second candidacy and death: Semp. Asellio fr. 6 Peter; Auct. Ad Herenn. 4.31, and 67; Cic. Caec. 87; Verr. 2.4.108; Cat. 1.29; 4.13; Dom. 91; Har. Resp. 43; Planc. 88; Mil. 8, and 14; Phil. 8.13; De Or. 2.106, 170, and 285; 3.214; Brut. 103, 107, and 212; Rep. 1.31; 6.8; Lael. 37, and 41; Div. 1.56; Tusc. 4.51; Off. 1.76, and 109; Caes. BC 1.7.6; Sall. Iug. 31.7; 42.1; Nepos Ill. Vir. fr. 15 Peter; Diod. 34-35.7.2-3, and 33.6; Val. Max. 1.4.3; 2.8.7; 3.2.17; 4.7.1; 5.3.2e; 6.2.3, and 3.1a; Vell. 2.3.1-4; 2.6.7, and 7.4; Quintil. Inst. Or. 5.13.24; Plut. CG 3.3-4; 14.2; Apophth. Scip. Min. 23; Dio 46.49.2; Obseq. 27a; Auct. Vir. Ill. 64.8; Oros. 5.9.1-3; Augustin. CD 2.21.) (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)

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