Editing Tiberius Gracchus (section)

==Background==

Tiberius [[Sempronii|Sempronius]] Gracchus was born in 163 or 162&nbsp;BC.<ref>{{harvnb|Astin|1958|p=53|ps=. Tiberius was "not yet thirty" at his death.}}</ref> He was, from birth, a member of the [[Roman Republic]]'s [[Nobiles|aristocracy]].<ref>{{abbr|Cf|Compare}} {{Cite journal |last=Brunt |first=P A |date=1982 |title=Nobilitas and Novitas |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/299112 |journal=Journal of Roman Studies |volume=72 |pages=1–17 |doi=10.2307/299112 |jstor=299112 |s2cid=162220741 |issn=0075-4358}}</ref>

[[Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 177 BC)|His homonymous father]] was part of one of Rome's leading families. He served as [[consul]] for 177{{sfn|Broughton|1951|p=397}} and 163&nbsp;BC,{{sfn|Broughton|1951|p=440}} and was elected [[Roman censor|censor]] in 169.{{sfn|Broughton|1951|p=423}} He also had celebrated two [[Roman triumph|triumphs]] during the 170s, one for the victorious establishment of a twenty-year-long peace in Spain.{{sfn|Goldsworthy|2016|p=112}} His mother, [[Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi)|Cornelia]], was the daughter of the renowned general [[Scipio Africanus]]. His sister [[Sempronia (sister of the Gracchi)|Sempronia]] was the wife of [[Scipio Aemilianus]], another important general and politician. Tiberius was brought up by his mother, who dedicated herself after the elder Tiberius' death to her children's education.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Astin |first1=Alan E |last2=Badian |first2=Ernst |date=2015-12-22 |title=Cornelia (1), mother of Tiberius Gracchus (3) and Gaius Gracchus |url=https://oxfordre.com/classics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-1829 |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.1829 |isbn=978-0-19-938113-5 }}</ref>

Tiberius married Claudia, daughter of the [[Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 143 BC)|Appius Claudius Pulcher]] who was consul in 143&nbsp;BC. Appius was a major opponent of the Scipios, a family with which Tiberius was related in his maternal line. The date of the marriage is uncertain; it could have been related to a plan to reconcile the two families.{{sfn|Brunt|1988|p=454}} His marriage to Pulcher's daughter, however, did cement an intergenerational friendship between their two families.{{sfn|Brunt|1988|p=465}}