See also:

• MARCUS

MARCUS LIVIUS See also:

• MARCUS LIVIUS DRUSUS
• DRUSUS, NERO1 CLAUDIUS (38–9 B.C.)

DRUSUS  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman statesman, was colleague of See also:

• GAIUS

Gaius See also:

• GRACCHUS

Gracchus in the tribuneship, 122 B.C . The proposal of Gracchus (q.v.) to confer the full See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise on the Latins had been opposed not only by the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate, but also by the See also:

• MOB

mob, who imagined that their own privileges would thereby be diminished . See also:

• DRUSUS, MARCUS LIVIUS
• DRUSUS, NERO1 CLAUDIUS (38–9 B.C.)

Drusus threatened to See also:

• VETO (Lat. for " I forbid ")

veto the proposal . Encouraged by this, the senatorial party put up Drusus to outbid Gracchus . Gracchus had proposed to found colonies outside See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy; Drusus provided twelve in Italy, to each of which 3000 citizens were to be sent . Gracchus had proposed to distribute allotments to the poorer citizens subject to a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• RENT

rent-See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge; Drusus promised them See also:

• FREE

free of all charge, and further that they should be inalienable . In addition to the franchise, See also:

• IMMUNITY (from Lat. immunis, not subject to a munus or public service)

immunity from See also:

• CORPORAL

corporal See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment (even in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field) was promised the Latins . The See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of Gracchus, and the inefficiency of his representative at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, led to the See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance of these proposals, which were never intended to be carried . Drusus himself declined all responsibility in connexion with carrying them out . He was rewarded for his services by the consulship (112), and the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of patronus senatus . He received See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia for his See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, where he distinguished himself in a See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against the See also:

• SCORDISCI

Scordisci, whom he drove across the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, being the first Roman See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general who reached that See also:

• RIVER

river . It is possible that he is the Drusus mentioned by See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch as having died in 109, the See also:

• YEAR

year of his censorship .

See also:

• APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian, See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

Bell . Civ. i . 23; Plutarch, Gaius Gracchus, 8-11; See also:

• FLORUS
• FLORUS, JULIUS
• FLORUS, PUBLIUS ANNIUS

Florus iii . 4; A . H . J . Greenidge, Hist. of Rome, vol. i . (1904) . His son, See also:

• MARCUS

MARCUS Lrvrus DRUSUS, became See also:

• TRIBUNE (med. Lat. tribune, from classical Lat. tribunal)

tribune of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people in 91 B.C . He was a thoroughgoing conservative, wealthy and generous, and a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of high integrity . With some of the more intelligent members of his party (such as Marcus See also:

• SCAURUS, MARCUS AEMILIUS (c. 163-88 B.C.)
• SCAURUS, QUINTUS TERENTIUS

Scaurus and L . See also:

• LICINIUS

Licinius See also:

• CRASSUS (literally " dense," " thick," " fat ")

Crassus the orator) he recognized the need of reform .

At that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time an agitation was going on for the See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of the judicial functions from the See also:

• EQUITES (" horsemen " or " knights," from eques," horse ")

equites to the senate; Drusus proposed as a See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise a measure which restored to the senate the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of judices, while its See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers were doubled by the See also:

• ADMISSION

admission of 300 equites . Further, a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission was to be appointed to try and See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence all judices guilty of taking bribes . But the senate was lukewarm, and the equites, whose occupation was threatened, offered the most violent opposition . In See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, therefore, to catch the popular votes, Drusus proposed the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of colonies in Italy and See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, and an increased See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn at a reduced See also:

• RATE

rate . By help of these riders the See also:

• BILL

bill was carried . Drusus now sought a closer See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with the Italians, promising them the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-coveted boon of the Roman franchise . The senate See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out into open opposition . His See also:

• LAWS

laws were abrogated as informal, and each party armed its adherents for the See also:

• CIVIL

civil struggle which was now inevitable . Drusus was stabbed one evening as he was returning See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . His See also:

• ASSASSIN (properly Hashish n, from Hashish, the opiate made from the juice of hemp leaves)

assassin was never discovered . See Rome: See also:

• HISTORY

History, ii . " The See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic " (See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

Period C) ; also Appian, Bell .

Civ. i . 35; Florus iii . 17; Diod . Sic. See also:

• XXXVII

xxxvii. ro; See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy, Epit . 70; See also:

• VEIL (O.Fr. veile, mod. voile, from Lat. velum, cloth, awning, sail)

Veil .. Pat. ii . 13 .