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Early in 121 BC, Flaccus joined Gaius
Gracchus in protesting the repeal of a law – to establish a colony at Carthage – by an ally in their tribunate the previous year. When the protests became violent, he and Gaius were summoned to the senate but refused to attend.
260:– the most important rights were intermarriage and access to Roman courts – full voting citizenship. Appian reports that he left the city during his tribunate to support African colonisation plans; Plutarch, however, places him in Rome throughout to oppose
182:, writing in the first century, indicts Flaccus with outrageous and haughty behaviour when he apparently refused to answer summons of the senate or attend senate meetings "to show his contempt for the prestige of that entire distinguished order". The
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I suppose you imagine that, if you give citizenship to the Latins, you will still have a place in the assembly in which you are standing, and will participate in the games and festivals. Don't you realise that they will swamp everything?
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292:. Refusing to negotiate, Opimius' forces demanded that the leaders surrender themselves to the senate's judgement, and thence attacked; in the ensuing fight, Flaccus and his sons were killed.
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in
Transalpine Gaul through to 123 BC. Beyond the internal political conflict, the Roman objective in southern Gaul was to ensure the safety of the trading route between the
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163:' attempts – at the instigation of the allies themselves – to transfer the jurisdiction over boundary disputes from the commission to the consuls. He served as
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and Italy, which was threatened by the
Ligurian tribes around Massalia. Livy's account suggests that Flaccus may have travelled across the Alps (presumably by
252:– Gaius had been tribune since the previous year, having been elected for 123, – in implementing a lightly-modified version of his policy of citizenship for
264:(a political opponent and then-fellow tribune). The Italian citizenship bill, however, was defeated: the ancient sources name two leading opponents:
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Flaccus had at least two sons: the elder son – possibly of the same name – and a younger son – possibly named
Quintus – were both killed during
307:(2012) that his helps to correct "the hostile picture in Plutarch" that describes him as "violent drunkard initiating Gracchus' rebellion".
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to individual
Italian allies in order to obtain lands, thereby introducing a question that vexed Roman politics for many years. Elected
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before reaching the territory of the
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547:, p. 83. How it was defeated is unclear: it may have been abandoned, voted down, or vetoed by Drusus.
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Flaccus had become one of the three men for the assignment of agricultural lands that was established by
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by 130 BC; he retained the post until his death. In this role, he attacked
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122:Marcus Fulvius Flaccus
54:Politician and soldier
23:Marcus Fulvius Flaccus
422:Valerius Maximus 2004
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262:Marcus Livius Drusus
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