Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius, son of the foregoing; a persuasive orator; friend of the people and helper of the poor and oppressed; murdered for attempting as tribune (133) to reform agrarian abuses and build up a class of small farmers, [i, 76], [109]; [ii, 80]; his death applauded by Cicero, [ii, 43].
Gratidianus, Marcus Marius; see [Marius].
Gratitude, how won, [ii, 63].
Greece, the land of liberty, letters, art, and civilization, [ii, 60]; [iii, 48], [73], [99]; cause of fall, [ii, 80].
Greek, belonging to or a native of Greece, [i, 108], [111]; [ii, 83]; [iii, 82]; leaders in literature, [i, 3]; masters of philosophy, [i, 8], [51], [142], [153]; [ii, 18]; Greek and Latin studies, [i, 1].
Gyges, the shepherd who dethroned Candaules and became king of Lydia (716-678), [iii, 38], [78].
Gytheum, the harbour-town and arsenal of Sparta, [iii, 49].
Hamilcar, a successful Carthaginian general in the First Punic War, defeated by Regulus at Ecnomus; opposed Regulus in Africa, [iii, 99]; confused with Hamilcar Barca ([q.v.]), [iii, 99].
[Hamilcar Barca], famous commander of the Carthaginian forces in Sicily (247-241); in Spain (238-229); father of Hannibal, [iii, 99].
Hannibal (247-183), one of the world's greatest generals, [i, 108]; son of Hamilcar Barca, [iii, 99]; sacked Saguntum (219), crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans on the Trebia and Ticinus (218), at Trasimenus (217), Cannae (216), [i, 40]; [iii, 113-114]; defeated at Zama (202); maligned by the Romans as treacherous and cruel, [i, 38].