TY - JOUR AU - Kuznetsova, Natalia PY - 2019/06/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Plut. Ti. Gracch. 16, 1: a Gracchan law on appeal? JF - Philologia Classica JA - Philologia Classica VL - 14 IS - 1 SE - Orbis Romanus DO - 10.21638/11701/spbu20.2019.104 UR - https://philclass.spbu.ru/article/view/6414 SP - 56-67 AB - <p>According to Plutarch, Tiberius Gracchus announced during the election campaign of the&nbsp; 133 BCE, that he would pass a number of laws, and among them — the law granting the right&nbsp; of appeal to the people (<em>provocatio</em>) ἀπὸ τῶν δικαστῶν. Ti. Gracchus has died before he passed&nbsp; the alleged law. Besides Plutarch, his last reform programme is attested only by Cassius Dio,&nbsp; who mentions no law on appeal. The whole programme is very similar to the laws of Gaius&nbsp; Gracchus, and there is suspicion, that it consists of the laws of Gaius which were ascribed to&nbsp; Tiberius to depict him as a power-seeking demagogue. What could be the aims of the law on&nbsp; appeal and what it meant exactly? Firstly, both Gracchi could consider an appeal against the&nbsp; senatorial extraordinary commissions which would protect the Gracchans against political&nbsp; persecution. This measure seems to be more appropriate after the advocates of Tiberius Gracchus&nbsp; were prosecuted in senatorial courts. But Gaius Gracchus, instead of it, prohibited appointing&nbsp; the extraordinary courts <em>iniussu populi. </em>Secondly, if the aim was to gain the electors,&nbsp; Tiberius could promise them appeal against murder courts, though it would be pernicious for&nbsp; the public order. Finally, in all other cases the bill on appeal would be of no use for the Gracchans,&nbsp; but would make them a good target of criticism. Such a measure could well be invented&nbsp; by an anti-Gracchan source.</p> ER -