"The savage beasts," said he, "in Italy, have their particular dens, they have their places of repose and refuge; but the men who bear arms, and expose their lives for the safety of their country, enjoy in the meantime nothing more in it but the air and light and, having no houses or settlements of their own, are constrained to wander from place to place with their wives and children." He told them that the commanders were guilty of a ridiculous error, when, at the head of their armies, they exhorted the common soldiers to fight for their sepulchres and altars; when not any amongst so many Romans is possessed of either altar or monument, neither have they any houses of their own, or hearths of their ancestors to defend. They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men. They were styled the masters of the world, but in the meantime had not one foot of ground which they could call their own.
Tiberius Gracchus tried to stop the ancient Roman 1% from stealing the wealth of the 99%. They personally clubbed him and 300 supporters to death, beginning the chain of violence that ended the Roman Republic.
Tiberius Gracchus tried to stop the ancient Roman 1% from stealing the wealth of the 99%. They personally clubbed him and 300 supporters to death, beginning the chain of violence that ended the Roman Republic.