y. In fact, by 133 BC Roman citizens are not taxed. Like in any capitalist economy, the rich get richer while the poor get poorer. They are kicked off their land and become street people in Rome. The Gracchus brothers, Tiberius and Gaius, see this poverty and want the Senate to help. (sure, they were only using the poor masses for political power, but they were trying to make the rich less rich which is a good thing in my book). These Gracchus brothers hit political paydirt with the poor masses. As a rich senator, you look at these punks and think, "Hey, I want to build a new bath house for my horse, yet these two yahoos want to take my money away. I can't politcally or legally stop him. What can I do? That looks like a sturdy bench over there." This Senator and others decided that murder was the only way to solve the problem. So Tiberius was beaten with chairs and benches right in front of everyone, and his borther would suffer the same fate, without the benches though. This marks the first time murder is used in Roman politics, and let me tell you, this won't be the last time either.
             Roman politics become based on power now among great generals as the Senate must give power over to the strongest, and believe you me the Roman army had grown strong these days, becoming an elite fighting force on land and even sea at times. In those days a soldier wa
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