Importance of the Plebs Flashcards
(8 cards)
What significant financial action did Caesar take regarding the tribune Curio? [Plut]
Caesar “paid the enormous debts of the tribune Curio”
How does **Cicero **describe Clodius?
Clodius has “an armed gang”, attained via his popularity as tribune, and “he thinks of nothing but massacring his enemies”
Clodius used his popularity as tribune to maintain control and instill fear.
What did Sulpicius Rufus have? [Plut]
Use of Violence
‘3000 swordsmen’ and a group of equestrians he refferred to as his ‘anti-senate”
What action did Sulpicius take against the consuls? [Plut]
“attacked them with a mob”
This was in response to their attempt to stop him from transferring the Mithridatic command to Marius.
What types of public events did Caesar use to gain the people’s support? [Suet]
Public banquet… gladiatorial contest… naval battle
What did Caesar propose as soon as he was elected to gain the people’s support? [Plut]
proposes land bills to gain the people’s support “making the consulate some kind of tribunate”
What was the corn dole reduced from and to during Caesar’s time? [Suet]
“Reduced from 320,000 to 150,000”
Despite this reduction, Caesar created new colonies and jobs to balance the impact.
How much did Augustus pay under his father’s will? [Res Gestae]
“I paid 300 sesterces under my father’s will”
