Lex Agraria

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The Lex Agraria was proposed in 133 BC during the Tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus.
The Law involved the redistribution of public land, previously owned by the Senatorial class, to the lower classes in Rome , using money bequeathed to Rome in the will of Attalus III of Pergamum to purchase the land and provide rescources with which the Plebieans could start lives farming the land rather than suffering from debt and unemployment in the city.
The Law was most unpopular with the upper classes, and as a result of this, plus various other factors, Gracchus was murdered by a group of Senators later in the year.
However, the Law was passed that same year as a result of heavy pressure on the senate from the Roman populace.