The Gracchi had an enormous impact on the eventual fall of the Roman Republic due to their methods to succeed and the results of their actions. ... The Gracchi greatly weakened the senate and made corruption and bribery worse. ... The Gracchi attempted to save Rome from its inequality and corruption; however their actions only resulted in eventual civil war and the fall of the Roman Republic. ... “It was the first time in nearly 400 years that blood had shed in Roman civil strife” (Grant, 1978:147). ... “Tiberius Gracchus had initiated, for good or evil, something which he surely did not want: the disintegration of the Roman Oligarchic system” (Grant, 1978:147). ... “Gracchus (Gaius) remarked that he had broken the power of the senate once and fall all” (Appian). ... This began the collapse of the fall of the Cursus Honorum system.
In the short term the Gracchi achieved very little, dying young with their laws and systems rescinded. ... Herein lies their greatest importance and the leading to the eventual fall of the Roman Republic. Parallels can be drawn between the Gracchi and Marius and Sulla’s manipulative, ambitious and revolutionary techniques to gain power and sway the Republic to their view.
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