First Triumvirate
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The First Triumvirate was an informal political alliance among three prominent politicians in the late Roman Republic: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Gaius Julius Caesar. The rep
Bust of Cato the Younger, one of the men who successfully stymied the plans of all of the three allies in the years before their alliance.
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Head of Marcus Licinius Crassus, middle of 1st century BC, from Italy, Moi, Auguste, Empereur de Rome exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris 14649017884
Pompey the Great, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the final decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisa
First Triumvirate
…The First Triumvirate (c. late 60 – 53 BC) was an informal political alliance among three prominent politicians in the late Roman Republic: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Gaius Julius Caesar. The republican constitution had many veto points. In order to bypass constitutional obstacles and…
Bust of Mithridates of Pontus in the Louvre, Paris
Denarius minted in 56 BC by Pompey's supporter Faustus Sulla
The First Triumvirate; left to right, Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey