The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

by Mike Duncan

Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public property in riches and luxury. CATO THE ELDER1

TIBERIUS SEMPRONIUS GRACCHUS WAS WATCHING AS CARTHAGE burned. In 146 BC the teenager was on his first campaign and serving under the famous commander Scipio Aemilianus—a typical posting for the scion of an illustrious family. And the Gracchi were an illustrious family.