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Growing Unrest in Rome
The Senate
•By 2nd century B.C., the Senate had become the __________________________ body of the
Roman State.
•Members were mostly the ______________________________ landed aristocracy
•Remained senators for ______________
•In charge of the ________________, foreign and ____________________________ affairs
–Regular people, or plebeians, did not like this
Growing Unrest
•Senate was ___________________________ by the wealthy
•_______________________ farmers were unable to compete with large, wealthy landowners
and ______________their land
– (Kind of like Wal-Mart!)
•Wealthy landowners used _____________________ labor, which meant they made more
money for less labor
•Landless farmers drifted into the cities, creating a large __________________ of
________________
Tiberius and Gaius Gacchus
•Two ______________________
•Urged the Council of Plebs to pass and-________________________ bills
–Called for the government to take back public land held by ____________________
landowners and give it to the ________________________ Romans (poor)
–
•RESULT: Senators were ________________________
•They later killed both brothers
A New Role for the Army
•Recruiting Armies in _____________ ways
•107 B.C., General Marius became ___________________
–Recruited his armies by ______________________ the _________________poor that he would give
them land if they swore an __________________ to __________________, not to Rome.
•Result: This type of army was __________________ in government control.
–More power in the hands of the generals
Sulla
•Was given command of a war in Asia by the Senate
•The council of plebs tried to _______________ this
•Instead, he took over _____________________ with his army, and conducted a reign of terror.
•He restored power to the ______________________, and eliminated the power of people in
assemblies.
•Legacy= Seize __________________________ with an ___________________
Slave Labor
•The widespread use of ______________________ labor= hurt ____________________ farmers
–Were unable to produce food as ______________________
• The farmers’ problem:
–____________________ quantities of grain pouring in from the __________________________ lands
drove ____________________ grain _____________________.
–Many farmers fell into debt and had to sell their land
What they did:
•Landless farmers ___________________ to Rome and other cities looking for jobs.
•There, they joined an already ________________________ class of unemployed people.
As the gap between _____________________and poor widened, angry mobs began to riot.
• In addition, the new _______________________ led to increased corruption.