Word: gracchus
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...North, until at last in 147 the eagle cast its shadow over the far flung frontiers of the world. In its last war of this period a young man smiled at his commander, whom the Romans called Africans, and scaled the walls of Carthage. That young man was Tiberius Gracchus, one of a long and famous line. In after years he was elected a Tribune of the people and he became the world's first great democrat. But democracy rang less magnificently in the ears of the people than it does today. Tiberius was scoffed at and rebuked until...
...CLASSICAL CONFERENCE. "Discovery of the Shrine of Furrina, where C. Gracchus died." Professor Morgan. "Greek Sculpture as a Product of Survivals in Culture." Mr. J. S. Martin. "A Mysterious Subscription in an Eton Manuscript. Professor Rand. Sever...