optimates

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Roman political group conservative faction political faction

The optimates were a conservative political faction in the late Roman Republic that championed the authority of the Senate and the traditional aristocracy against popular reforms.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
optimates canonical	16
Optimates faction in the Roman Senate	1
optimates faction	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman political group ⓘ conservative faction ⓘ political faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod	Late Roman Republic ⓘ surface form: late Roman Republic
aimedToPreserve	traditional Roman constitution ⓘ traditional privileges of the Senate ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Roman courts ⓘ Roman legislative process ⓘ provincial governance ⓘ
contrastedWith	popularis politics ⓘ
country	Roman Republic ⓘ
dissolvedInPeriod	end of the Roman Republic ⓘ
etymology	Latin word meaning "the best men" ⓘ
favoredPolicy	limitation of tribunate powers ⓘ senatorial control of magistracies ⓘ
historicalStatus	informal faction rather than formal party ⓘ
ideology	defense of mos maiorum ⓘ maintenance of senatorial authority ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
notableMember	Pompey the Great ⓘ surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ Lucius Licinius Lucullus ⓘ Cato the Younger ⓘ surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger Cicero ⓘ surface form: Marcus Tullius Cicero Quintus Lutatius Catulus ⓘ
opposedFigure	Gaius Gracchus ⓘ Gaius Marius ⓘ Julius Caesar ⓘ Tiberius Gracchus ⓘ
opposedGroup	Populares ⓘ
opposedPolicy	debt relief measures ⓘ extension of Roman citizenship to Italian allies ⓘ popular land reforms ⓘ
politicalBase	Senate ⓘ wealthy landowners ⓘ
politicalPosition	aristocratic ⓘ conservative ⓘ oligarchic ⓘ
relatedConflict	Caesar’s civil war ⓘ surface form: Caesar's civil war Social War ⓘ Sulla’s First Civil War ⓘ surface form: Sulla's civil wars
supportedClass	Roman aristocracy ⓘ patrician class ⓘ senatorial nobility ⓘ
supportedInstitution	Roman Senate ⓘ
usedPoliticalMethod	obstruction of popular assemblies ⓘ senatorial decrees ⓘ use of courts against political enemies ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Senate → influencedBy → optimates ⓘ

Claudian gens → politicalAlignment → optimates ⓘ

Lucius Marcius Philippus → politicalAlignment → optimates ⓘ

Gaius Gracchus → opposedBy → optimates ⓘ

Lucius Julius Caesar → politicalAlignment → optimates ⓘ

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus → politicalAlignment → optimates ⓘ

Gracchan reforms → opposedBy → optimates ⓘ

this entity surface form: optimates faction

Pompeian faction → ideology → optimates ⓘ

Titus Labienus → sideInConflict → optimates ⓘ

Battle of the Rubicon → hasOpposingSide → optimates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Optimates faction in the Roman Senate

Battle of the Colline Gate → combatant → optimates ⓘ

Marcus Aemilius Scaurus → political alignment → optimates ⓘ

Quintus Lutatius Catulus → memberOf → optimates ⓘ

Cornelia Metella → politicalAlignment → optimates ⓘ

Cloelia → spousePoliticalFaction → optimates ⓘ

Porcia gens → politicalAlignment → optimates ⓘ

Faustus Cornelius Sulla → faction → optimates ⓘ

Appius Claudius Pulcher → politicalAlignment → optimates ⓘ