Cum Ti. Gracchus et C. Claudius ob nimis severe gestam censuram maiorem partem civitatis exasperassent, diem iis P. Popillius tribunus plebis perduellionis ad populum dixit, praeter communem consternationem privata etiam ira accensus, quia necessarium eius Rutilium ex publico loco parietem demoliri iusserant..
Ti. Gracchus and C. Claudius had exasperated the majority of the community by over-severity in their exercise of the Censorship. Tribune of the Plebs P. Popillius summoned them before the people on a charge of treason. Besides the general excitement he was privately angry because they had ordered a kinsman of his, Rutilius, to demolish a wall in a public place.
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