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Often appears with: quaestor in sardinia · dream vision · counsel and advisers to rulers · caius gracchus · assemblies, councils, and senates
Usually: narrative (1) · coming of age (1) · the stranger's arrival (1)
“why do you tarry, Caius? There is no escape; one life and one death is appointed for us both, to spend the one and to meet the other, in the service of the people.” Plutarch, Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans · insight
Caius Gracchus stays at home at first, then pursues eloquence; he defends a friend Vettius, is watched by senators, becomes quaestor for Orestes in Sardinia, and is pulled into public service.
fears on the other hand began to be felt by the powerful citizens; and it was generally spoken of amongst them that they must hinder Caius from being made tribune. But soon after, it happened that he was elected quaestor, and obliged to attend Orestes, the consul, into Sardinia. This, as it pleased his enemies, so it was not ungrateful to him, being naturally of a warlike character, and as well trained in the art o…