Here is the fifth lecture, which discusses the attempted reforms of the Gracchus Brothers, and the sudden descent of Roman politics, during the 130s BC, into violence. This followed four hundred years of civil peace, and the precedent was set for continued violence during the next century.
In this series, Sean Gabb will explain how the Roman Constitution was transformed, in just over a century, from an oligarchical republic with strong elements of democracy to a divine right military dictatorship.