Land reform in the Roman republic

The Gracchus reforms were land reforms attempted in the Roman Republic in the 2nd century BC. They are explained in detail in the following pages:

Outcomes

The Gracchian reform had no permanent effect, for they did nothing to change the conditions giving rise to land concentration in the first place. Some of the reform laws were soon repealed, while others continued but with weakened effects over time. Land problems plagued the Romans for all times thereafter.[1]

Appian adds that within 15 years, all of the progress done under the Gracchi had been overturned and the poor were in a much worse position than ever before, many reduced to unemployment.[2]

References

  1. Powelson, John (1987). The Story of Land - [A World History of Land Tenure and Agrarian Reform]. Cambridge, MA, USA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. p. 37. ISBN 0899462189.
  2. Appian, Civil Wars, 1.27

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