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After the passage of the senatus consultum ultimum and the bounty being placed on his head, Gaius Grachi fled across the river to a grotto on the Aventine Hill. This grotto is still there today in some form or another, and is notable for offering a panoramic view of Rome from above. It is almost certain that in his rush to flea, Gaius would have seen a view like this one of the city, of the riots, of the men looking for him, and decided that there was no escape. So the question is, when he gave that order to his slave, when he decided he would follow his brother, did he look towards the city or away?