Mike Duncan's The History of Rome - Act 8: The Gracchi & Gaius Marius - Video

"The History of Rome" podcast, hosted by Mike Duncan. These episodes were released in 2008.
I do not own the audio or visuals for this video, this is simply a fan-edited compilation.

As the Roman wars in Greece, Iberia, and North Africa continued to bring in vast amounts of wealth and slaves, it led to huge social destabilization back in Italy, as poor farmers were rapidly turned into urban beggars while the rich elite began to worry more about their political rivals than foreign invaders. These two issues collided with the Gracchi brothers, populist reformers who attempted to reign in the corrupt oligarchy which propagated this state of affairs. Their use of plebeian mobs and street gangs led to the rise of a new radical political faction, and after their assassinations, their cause was taken up by Gaius Marius, one of the best generals of their generation and the so-called "Third Founder of Rome". However, while all three had good intentions, their fragrant disregard for established rules and traditions proved to mark the beginning of the breakdown of the Roman Republic...

...One could even call it "The Storm Before the Storm".
(This is what Duncan's first book was written about - go buy it, it's basically this video and the next, but tripled in length)

A Map of Roman Territory in 100 BC: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mairtin-Mac-Con-Iomaire/publication/254584494/figure/fig3/AS:650032357326903@1531991199488/The-Expansion-of-the-Roman-Empire-200-100-BC-Source-Stevenson-200268.png
A Map of the Social War (91-87 BC): https://i.pinimg.com/564x/fe/cb/05/fecb0597a7d39850b537e7bf96f066df--roman-history-romans.jpg

0:00 Ep28: Aftermath of the Wars of Expansion
13:24 Ep29: Career of Tiberius Gracchus
28:52 Ep30: Career of Gaius Gracchus
45:34 Ep31a: Early Career of Marius & the Jugurthine War
1:00:43 Ep31b: Cimbrian War & Marius' Peak
1:15:45 Ep32: Social War & the Rise of Sulla