
030- Gaius Gracchus
The History of Rome
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Gaius' Reforms to the Roman Empire
By the time he left office, almost every aspect of Roman society had been touched by one or another of his proposed reforms. Gaius simply pushed through a cap on the price of grain. He also passed a measure making it a crime to re-stand for the tribunate if the assembly voted to remove an officer from power. In Gaius' grain plan, we find the seeds of the later full on food welfare program that became so important during the Imperium.
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