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Message:: [QUOTE="cmezner, post: 7534261, member: 87809"]Tiberius Gracchus Tribunalship would be ended and one of the Optimates, Quintus Pompeius, proposed that after his Tribunal year was over, he should be accused of infringement of the Law and abuse of office. Since according to the law, Tiberius could not be re-elected for a second term, he tried to convince the people that even though a re-election was against the Law, it was justified so the agrarian reform that he had initiated, could be completed.On the day of the voting, his opponents had the majority. It came to altercations, which made a fair election impossible. Tiberius, surrounded by his supporters, was waving his hand and pointing to his head, trying to show that his life was in danger. His opponents understood this as a sign that he wanted to crown his head. The Senators came in great numbers with Pontifex Maximus Cornelius Scipio Nasica leading the way and shouting "Whoever wants to save the Republic, follow me". The Senators armed with clubs and sticks battered the people to reach the temple on the Capitoline Hill, the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, where Tiberius was standing with his supporters. When Tiberius saw his opponents coming after him he tried to flee, but he fell and a club smashed his head. He died on the stairs of the Capitulinus [V.Paterculus II,3]. According to Plutarch, it was Publius Saturnius, a Tribune colleague, who killed Tiberius [Plutarch, Tiberius & Gaius Gracchus, 28].[/QUOTE]