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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Classical World Figures from Italy
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Tiberius Gracchus
-163–-133Europe
He proposed giving land to Rome's dispossessed poor, was told it was unconstitutional, and pushed ahead anyway — setting a precedent that helped destroy the republic.
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Trajan
53–117Europe
He pushed Roman territory to its greatest extent, won wars the Senate called unwinnable, and built so much that the Romans chose him as the benchmark: emperors were wished to be 'luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan.'
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