Are they're podcast listeners. Two quick notices before we start the podcast today.

We are now in the closing hours of fundraising for a podcast mini-series on the Illyrian Wars.

It's four episodes. It features Dr. Christopher Gribben and myself. It's 12 Australian dollars and it will be available to supporters only

You can find it on kick-starter.com and have also put links on social media

Second Notice Rianin and myself will soon be recording one of our regular Q&A episodes.

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The episode should be out before the end of the year. And on that note, here's the podcast. Ah, they, and welcome to Emperor's of Rome, a Roman history podcast from Latrobe University. I'm your host Matt Smith and with me today is

Associate Professor Riana Nevins, Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at

Latrobe University. This is episode CXXI, champion of the people.

Gaius Gracus, or inspiring and passionate to exaggeration, a demagogue pure and simple,

seemingly shun the family business, at least to begin with.

But however much you try to defer your fate,

sometimes decisions are made for you.

Here's Rianna Evans. Gaius Gracchus was Sometimes decisions are made for you.

Here's Rianna Evans.

Gaius was Tiberius Gracus's younger brother

by nine years.

And as we'll see, he pretty much follows in his footsteps

career-wise and end wise.

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