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A triumvirate (Latin: triumvirātus) or a triarchy is a political institution ruled or dominated by three individuals, known as triumvirs (Latin: triumviri). The arrangement can be formal or informal. Though the three leaders in a triumvirate are notionally equal, the actual distribution of power may vary.
Triumvirate, synonym for triarchy, is a political regime ruled or dominated by three powerful individuals. It can refer to the following specific triumvirates: It can refer to the following specific triumvirates:
The Second Triumvirate or tresviri reipublicae constituendae of Octavian (later Augustus), Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was formed in 43 BC by passage of the lex Titia. Created for a five-year term and renewed for another five years, it officially lasted until the last day of 33 BC or possibly into 27 BC.
Triarchy, synonym for triumvirate, is a political regime ruled or dominated by three powerful individuals.. Triarchy may also refer to: . Triarchy (theory), a proposition that there are three fundamental ways of getting things done in organisations: hierarchy, heterarchy and responsible autonomy
The term "First Triumvirate", while well-known, is a misleading one which is regularly avoided by modern scholars of the late republic. Boards of a certain number of men such as decemviri were a feature of Roman administration, but this alliance was not one of them.
In ancient Rome, quadrumvir (Italian: quadrumviri) was an elective post assigned to four citizens having police and jurisdiction power, elected by the Senate.The term is related to triumvir and duumvir, respectively describing a post of three and two people, which gave rise to the better-known extant terms "triumvirate" and "duumvirate".
The triumvirate's legal lifespan was for five years. At the beginning Lepidus was confirmed in possession of both the provinces of Hispania, along with Narbonese Gaul , but also agreed to hand over seven of his legions to Octavian and Antony to continue the struggle against Brutus and Cassius, who controlled the eastern part of Roman territory.
The Luca Conference was a 56 BC meeting of the three Roman politicians of the First Triumvirate — Caesar, Pompey and Crassus — that took place at the town of Luca (modern Lucca, in Tuscany), near Pisa. Luca was the southern most town in the then Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul, where Caesar was serving as Governor.