Question

The tribune Gaius Gracchus proposed that the government supply wheat to Rome _____.1`

as free rations within the city, so that the urban poor in Rome could be fed
below market prices, so that small farmers could get a subsidy and landless farmers in Rome would get fed
even though it was against all tradition for the government to get involved in private commerce
below market prices, but exclusively for old people and wounded veterans.

Answer 1

The tribune Gaius Gracchus proposed that the government supply wheat to Rome "as free rations within the city, so that the urban poor in Rome could be fed below market prices," since this was seen as being helpful to the overall economy of Rome.