A debatewas in progress among the senators, when one of them, P. Scipio Nasiea,called upon the house to come to the door, and save the republic bysacrificing Tiberius. The whole assembly rushed upon its legs and itscrutches ; some of the members seized hold of sticks, others snatchedup their clubs,… … Melancholy End of Tib. Gracchus. disposed of any pretensions he might have had to a crown when theyfirst encountered him. His brother, Caius Gracchus, fell politically withhis relative; but without resigning his office, he abandoned his post, «40 COMIC HISTORT OF KOIIE. [CHAP. XXIII. and he…
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