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RUPILIUS, PUBLIUS

RUPILIUS, PUBLIUS , See also:

ROMAN

Roman statesman, See also:

consul in 132. B.C. During the inquiry that followed the See also:

DEATH

death of Tiberius See also:

GRACCHUS

Gracchus, conducted by himself and his colleague Popillius See also:

LAENAS

Laenas, he proceeded with the utmost severity against the supporters of Gracchus. In the same See also:

YEAR

year he was despatched to See also:

SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, where he suppressed the revolt of the slaves under Eunus. During 131 he remained as proconsul of the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, and, with the assistance of ten commissioners•appointed 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, See also:

drew up regulations for the organization of Sicily as a See also:

province. These regulations were known by the See also:

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

title of. leges Rupiliae, though they were not See also:

LAWS

laws in the strict sense. Rupilius was subsequently brought to trial (123 B.C.) and condemned for his treatment of the See also:

friends of Gracchus. The disgrace of his condemnation, added to disappointment at the failure of his See also:

BROTHER

brother to obtain the consulship in spite of the efforts of Scipio, caused his death shortly afterwards. See See also:

CICERO

Cicero, De Am. 19, Tusc. disp. iv. 17, in Veer. ii. 13, 15; Diod.

Sic. xxxiv. 1, 20; Vell. Pat. ii. 7.

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