sentences:  In pursuing a 'conservative' tribunate, Drusus was following in the footsteps of his father who, as tribune in 122 BC, had successfully championed the Senate's interests against the famous "popularis" reformer Gaius Gracchus.The most important issue which Drusus and his backers sought to address concerned the composition of juries at trials for extortion.In 122 BC, Gaius Gracchus had made the juries for these courts (Latin, "quaestio de repetundis") composed entirely of wealthy "equites" instead of senators.