Lucius Opimius

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Roman consul Roman statesman ancient Roman politician

Lucius Opimius was a Roman statesman and consul best known for violently suppressing Gaius Gracchus and his supporters, marking a key escalation in the use of force in Roman politics.

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Label	Occurrences
Lucius Opimius canonical	3

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman consul ⓘ Roman statesman ⓘ ancient Roman politician ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Republic ⓘ
conflict	political crisis surrounding Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
consulshipYear	121 BC ⓘ
culture	ancient Roman ⓘ
deathCause	unknown ⓘ
event	killing of Gaius Gracchus on the Aventine Hill ⓘ
governedTerritory	Roman Republic (as consul) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	marked escalation of political violence in the late Roman Republic ⓘ precedent for using force to resolve internal political conflicts ⓘ
impactOnRomanLaw	strengthening practical authority of the senatus consultum ultimum ⓘ
knownFor	first large-scale use of senatus consultum ultimum ⓘ violent suppression of Gaius Gracchus and his supporters ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
legacy	symbol of senatorial repression of popularis leaders ⓘ
legalAction	ordered execution of many Gracchan supporters without formal trial ⓘ
notableFor	use of emergency powers against domestic political opponents ⓘ
officeAttainedBy	election by Roman popular assemblies ⓘ
opponent	Gaius Gracchus NERFINISHED ⓘ supporters of Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
politicalAlignment	aristocratic senatorial elite ⓘ
politicalFaction	optimates NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
responsibleFor	massacre of Gracchan supporters ⓘ
roleInEvent	leader of senatorial forces against Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
timePeriod	2nd century BC ⓘ
usedInstrument	senatus consultum ultimum NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Gaius Gracchus → opposedBy → Lucius Opimius ⓘ

Basilica Opimia (earlier Republican period) → namedAfter → Lucius Opimius ⓘ

subject surface form: Basilica Opimia

Basilica Opimia (earlier Republican period) → builder → Lucius Opimius ⓘ

subject surface form: Basilica Opimia