4/29/13

We began class by watching a video about Tiberius's son and how he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and fight against corruption and monarchy/dictatorship. He believed in the republic and wanted it to be less corrupted. When he was younger he recieved a gold crown for being the first over the walls of Carthage in the 3rd Punic war. Later in his military career he made an oath to spain when they were outnumbered, promising no conflict with them and Rome. He did this in order to save the men they had captured. The plebeian families of the saved men thought of him as a hero, but the senate didn't. They wanted to march him naked in chains back to Spain. Instead they let him go and he later ran to become a tribune, knowing that the plebeians would vote for him. He cared a lot about the plebes, and wanted to give them back what the patricians had taken. Also he had a jerk friend named Octavian who stole land and made a vineyard, Tiberius II showed his disapproval towards Octavian. Hopefully we will watch more of the videos tomorrow because they help me remember and understand the lesson.