Two men by the names Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus had significantly influenced the political structure and society with their reforms. Tiberius became one of the 10 tribunes in 133BC and within the first few months, he introduced the Land Bill. He completely bypassed the Senate and consulted the peoples assembly about this land reform. Eventually, his opponent vetoed his land reform by Tiberius overcame it by having his opponent deported from office. Once his land reform had been passed, Tiberius organized to use the money won from Pergamum to fund it. Appian and Plutarch, both ancient historians, indicated that his Land Bill was âa way to relieve the land crisisâ, by allocating small pieces of land to landless citizens. He proposed that wealthy land owners should give up pieces of their land to the state. By doing this, Tiberius gave poorer citizens these pieces of land to settle on so that the land couldn't be sold. Tiberius had associates to help him in his political career and historian Donald Earl states, "In proposing the land reform, Tiberius and his associates [would] not have been unmindful of the possibility of obtaining the political support of the urban plebs and rural proletariat, of adding this classes or a selection of them to their clientele." Earl was a Latin scholar and noted Ancient Rome historian at Hull University. His research proves reliable and useful, with his work being in many textbooks and online. Ancient historian Plutarch corroborates slightly with Earl, by stating that "by introducing a challenging political program, [Tiberius would outdo his opponent] which would arouse great expectations of the people." Gaius Gracchus, who succeeded his late brother Tiberius who was killed when a riot broke out, in 122BC.Gaius imposed a death penalty on any judge who accepted a bribe to convict another Roman guilty (Fife. S, 2012).