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First Triumvirate

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Julius Caesar - Part 2 - The First Triumvirate

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The First Triumvirate - World History

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College World History - First Triumvirate in Ancient Rome?

The First Triumvirate is a term historians use for an informal political alliance of three prominent men between 59 and 53 BC, during the late Roman Republic: Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, and Marcus Licinius Crassus.
  • Background 

  • Accounts of the creation of the alliance 

  • Convergence of interests 

  • Caesar’s consulship (59 BC) 

  • Events in 58 BC and 57 BC 

  • Luca conference and subsequent events 

  • End of the triumvirate (53 BC)