Multiple choice

Which two brothers tried to help Rome's poor by proposing governmental reforms?

  1. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

  2. Mark Antony and Octavian

  3. Marcus Brutus and Gaius Cassius

  4. None of these

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Explanation

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, known as the Gracchi brothers, were Roman tribunes who sought to address economic inequality by proposing land reforms to redistribute public land to poor citizens. Their efforts met with fierce opposition from the senatorial elite, leading to both of their violent deaths.