> But they would have done so without the Gracchi. I agree. I don't think the Gracchi brothers were essential to what happened. But they were in the middle of

> But they would have done so without the Gracchi. I agree. I don't think the Gracchi brothers were essential to what happened. But they were in the middle of it when it did. Once it did, it basically guaranteed the later split into Optimates and Populares, and the rise of Sulla/Caesar