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Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio

Roman consul

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association with Gracchus

In Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
…traditional allocation of funds, but Scipio Nasica, an elderly senator from the Scipionic faction, succeeded in limiting these to a derisory sum. Tiberius countered by a second outrageous proposal, of which he failed to see the implication. The king of Pergamum, a city in Anatolia, on his death in 134…
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role in Roman Republic

In ancient Rome: The program and career of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
…refused to act against him, Publius Scipio Nasica, the chief pontiff, led a number of senators and their clients to the Assembly, and Tiberius was killed in a resulting scuffle. Widespread and bloody repression followed in 132. Thus political murder and political martyrdom were introduced into Roman politics.
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