133 BC - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC

Decades: 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC - 130s BC - 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC

Years: 138 BC 137 BC 136 BC 135 BC 134 BC - 133 BC - 132 BC 131 BC 130 BC 129 BC 128 BC

Events

• Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, as tribune, attempts to pass a law to redistribute the public land to benefit small landowners. Opposed by wealthier factions in the Roman Senate, he is killed by a group of Senators and their followers.

Births

Deaths

• Attalus III, king of Pergammon. In his will, he makes the people of Rome his heirs.
• Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Roman tribune (assassination)