First Triumvirate

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The First Triumvirate was an informal political alliance in the late Roman Republic between Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, and Marcus Licinius Crassus that dominated Roman politics in the 50s BCE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman political alliance ⓘ
informal political alliance ⓘ
triumvirate ⓘ
aimedAt consolidation of personal power ⓘ
control of key magistracies and provincial commands ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Roman Republic ⓘ
conflictWith optimates faction in the Roman Senate ⓘ
country Roman Republic ⓘ
describedBySource Appian ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
Suetonius ⓘ
dissolvedAfter death of Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae ⓘ
growing rivalry between Caesar and Pompey ⓘ
endTime 53 BCE ⓘ
followedBy Second Triumvirate ⓘ
grantedBenefitTo Julius Caesar ⓘ
Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ
Pompey the Great ⓘ
hasAlternativeName amicitia between Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus ⓘ
hasCause mutual need for support among Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus ⓘ
political deadlock in the late Roman Republic ⓘ
hasCharacteristic extra-constitutional ⓘ
informal ⓘ
personal alliance ⓘ
power-sharing arrangement ⓘ
hasEffect domination of Roman politics in the 50s BCE ⓘ
undermining of Roman Republican institutions ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod late Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to: Late Roman Republic
hasMember Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ⓘ
linked to: Pompey the Great

Julius Caesar ⓘ
Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ
Pompey the Great ⓘ
influenced allocation of provincial commands ⓘ
elections in the Roman Republic ⓘ
legislation in the Roman popular assemblies ⓘ
location Rome ⓘ
notableWork financial advantages for Crassus and his allies ⓘ
ratification of Pompey’s eastern settlements ⓘ
support for Julius Caesar’s consulship of 59 BCE ⓘ
partOf crisis of the Roman Republic ⓘ
precededBy Sullan constitutional reforms ⓘ
significantEvent Conference of Luca ⓘ
startTime 60 BCE ⓘ
usedInstrument electoral pacts ⓘ
patronage networks ⓘ
popularis politics ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julius Caesar → memberOf → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Caesar’s civil war → precededBy → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Pompey the Great → memberOf → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Late Roman Republic → hasMajorEvent → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Second Triumvirate → precededBy → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Gaius Julius Caesar → notableEvent → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus → memberOf → First Triumvirate ⓘ
subject linked to: gens Pompeia
Marcus Licinius Crassus → memberOf → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus → memberOf → First Triumvirate ⓘ
subject linked to: Gnaeus
Life of Crassus → describes → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Argentine revolutionary government → hasPart → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Asamblea del Año XIII → replaces → Primer Triunvirato ⓘ
linked to: First Triumvirate
Lucius Cornelius Balbus the Elder → supported → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Julia Caesaris → associatedWith → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Conference of Luca → hasContext → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Conference of Luca → relatedTo → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Marcus Licinius Crassus → memberOf → First Triumvirate ⓘ
subject linked to: gens Licinia
Publius Vatinius → heldOfficeDuring → First Triumvirate period ⓘ
linked to: First Triumvirate
Caesar → formed → First Triumvirate ⓘ
Pompeia → associatedWith → First Triumvirate through Pompey the Great ⓘ
linked to: First Triumvirate