Rom tiberius gracchus biography summary
Rom tiberius gracchus biography summary
When was tiberius gracchus born?!
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus in the figure.
Tiberius came from an excellent family, his father was Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus – a great commander, winner of the Celtibers and Sardes, two-time consul and two-time winner, while his mother was the Cornelia Africana the Younger, and because of that, he was grandson of Scipio Africanus the Elder.
His brother-in-law was Scipio Africanus the Younger, and his cousin was Scipio Nasica.
Military service
He was a soldier, he deserved during the Third Punic War where he fought under the orders of his sister Sempronia’s husband – Scipio Africaus the Younger.
During the assault, Carthage along with Gaius Fannius were the first to storm the walls, for which they received the highest military decorations.
In Tarcon Spain, he served as a quaestor under the orders of consul Gaius Hostilius Mancinus during the expedition against Numance.
The Roman expedition turned out to be a defeat due to