Bonus Post: Tiberius' Farming Reforms

I realized earlier today that I neglected to detail what Tiberius Gracchus' reforms actually were, focusing instead on a narrative of his life and death. Basically, there was an old law in Rome that no one person could own more than about 308 acres of land, but this hadn't been enforced for centuries.  Tiberius' bills restated this law and planned on enforcing it, seizing the excess land and distributing it to the disenfranchised veterans.  He also planned on doling out conquered soil to Roman soldiers who had fought in the relevant campaigns.  The Patrician Senators most likely objected to the enforcement of the land limit, as many of them had estates comprised of thousands of acres.  The giving of conquered lands to Romans would have also been a revolutionary idea, and perhaps caused some of the more far-sighted politicians to fear that, over time, these colonial descendants would care nothing for Rome and lead well-trained armies in revolt of the mother city.  He also advocated distributing money to the poor so that they would be eligible for military service, something which today would certainly be labeled as Socialist.  His basic reforms of distributing land to the veterans were enforced after his death, but the redistribution of wealth, giving conquered lands to the homeless, and confiscating land of very wealthy nobles were brushed aside.  Hope that clears up any confusion or questions from yesterday's post.
On an unrelated note, next week will be Archimedes week, for no reason in particular.  Every day we will learn more about this famous mathematician who would move the world if he only had a place to stand.
Pax vobiscum