Explanation: The Brothers Gracchi were two reformers of the Late Roman Republic. By championing the cause of the poor, they drew the ire of the ultra-wealthy, sparking the defining political conflict of the Late Republic - that of the Populares (supporters of the poor) and Optimates (supporters of the ultra-wealthy).

... neither would live to see the conflict reach its fever pitch, as they were both, over a decade apart, extrajudicially killed by the aristocratic optimates.