Gracchi
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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These conflicts led to the rise of the Gracchi and later the partisan battle between the populares who opposed the governing elite and the optimates who supported it.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
A contemporary of the Gracchi, a general named Gaius Marius, took further steps that eroded the traditional Republican system.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
And my favorite restaurant in the world is Il Matriciano in the Prati neighborhood’s Via dei Gracchi: It’s the quintessential elegant Roman restaurant to have veal Milanese.
From Forbes • Aug. 1, 2015
At Gracchi, the fruit and nut flavors taste fresh off the tree, and might just be worth the price of the plane ticket.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2010
In such a case, a man might often find himself deceived, as were the Gracchi in Rome or as Messer Giorgio Scali was in Florence.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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