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Triumvirate Emerged Roman Alliance Commission Government Group Association

word triumvirate
definition (1) A commission or government of three. (2) A group or association of three.
eg_sentence A triumvirate slowly emerged as the inner circle of the White House, and the vice president wasn't among them.
explanation The first triumvirate of the Roman Republic, which consisted of Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus, was simply an alliance or partnership, not a formal institution of the government. The alliance didn't last long, however, and Caesar eventually emerged with total power. This led to his assassination, after which a second triumvirate took over, with Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus dividing the Roman world among themselves. But these triumvirs also soon turned on one another, with Octavian alone taking power; in time he would become Rome's first emperor
IPA traɪˈəmvərət

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