Name and EID_________________________________10 October 2013Collaborators______________________________________________________Ethics Worksheet #2a: Tiberius Gracchus and Land Reform Legislation1. Briefly describe why land reform legislation was necessary. Why were wealthy landholding Romans opposed to this legislation?2. According to Plutarch, what is one argument that Tiberius makes to encourage senators tosupport his land distribution legislation.3. What explanation(s) does Plutarch provide for Tiberius’s interest in land reform (hint: endof paragraph 8)?4. What role does Octavius play in this episode? How does his intervention demonstrate thecomplicated relationship between the senate and tribunes of the plebs at this point in time?5. In what way is Tiberius’ treatment of Octavius ethically questionable? What are two justifications for Tiberius’
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