Second Triumvirate

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The Second Triumvirate was the political alliance formed in 43 BCE by Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus to jointly rule and reorganize the Roman state after Julius Caesar’s assassination.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman political alliance
late Roman Republic institution
triumvirate
country Roman Republic
dissolutionCause propaganda war between Octavian and Antony
dissolutionConsequence Final War of the Roman Republic
endTime 32 BCE
endTimeEvent outbreak of war between Octavian and Mark Antony
followedBy principate of Augustus
formationMeeting Conference at Bononia
linked to: Conference of Luca
formedIn Bononia
grantedPowers consular power
power to conduct proscriptions
power to make laws without Senate approval
power to nominate magistrates
hasMember Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Mark Antony
Octavian
linked to: Augustus
historicalPeriod Late Roman Republic
internalConflict rivalry between Octavian and Mark Antony
internalOutcome marginalization of Lepidus
introducedPolicy proscriptions of political enemies
keyBattle Battle of Naulochus
Battle of Perusia
Battle of Philippi
Sicilian revolt against Sextus Pompey
legalBasis Lex Titia
legalName Triumviri Rei Publicae Constituendae
linked to: Second Triumvirate
legalStatus extraordinary magistracy
notableVictimOfProscriptions Cicero
opponent Liberators (Brutus and Cassius)
Roman Senate faction opposed to Caesar’s heirs
Sextus Pompey
linked to: Sextus Pompeius
precededBy First Triumvirate
purpose to avenge Julius Caesar
to reorganize the Roman state
relatedEvent assassination of Julius Caesar
establishment of the Roman Empire
renewal renewed for five years in 38 BCE
significance marked transition from Republic to Empire
startTime 43 BCE
November 43 BCE
startTimeEvent after assassination of Julius Caesar
territorialDivision Lepidus controlled parts of Africa
Mark Antony controlled the East
Octavian controlled the West
translationOfLegalName Board of Three for the Reconstitution of the State

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Mark Antony memberOf Second Triumvirate
Late Roman Republic hasMajorEvent Second Triumvirate
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus memberOf Second Triumvirate
Octavia Minor associatedWith Second Triumvirate
Octavia Minor associatedWith Mark Antony–Octavian alliance
linked to: Second Triumvirate
First Triumvirate followedBy Second Triumvirate
Second Triumvirate legalName Triumviri Rei Publicae Constituendae
linked to: Second Triumvirate
Lex Titia established Second Triumvirate
Lex Titia legalized Second Triumvirate
Lex Titia grantedTitle tresviri rei publicae constituendae to Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus
linked to: Second Triumvirate
Fulvia associatedWith Second Triumvirate
Caesarian faction succeededBy Second Triumvirate
Liberators’ civil war conflictBetween Second Triumvirate
Liberators’ civil war mainOpposingFaction Second Triumvirate (Octavian, Antony, Lepidus)
linked to: Second Triumvirate
Perusine War tookPlaceDuring Second Triumvirate
Sicilian revolt of Sextus Pompey opponent Second Triumvirate
Battle of Philippi belligerent Second Triumvirate
Battle of Philippi associatedWith Second Triumvirate
Ptolemy Philadelphus politicalAllegiance Mark Antony’s faction in the Roman civil war
linked to: Second Triumvirate
Final War of the Roman Republic relatedTo Second Triumvirate
Argentine revolutionary government hasPart Second Triumvirate
Octavius Caesar memberOf Second Triumvirate
Asamblea del Año XIII significantParticipant Segundo Triunvirato
linked to: Second Triumvirate
Treaty of Brundisium participant Second Triumvirate
Treaty of Brundisium relatedTo Second Triumvirate
Lucius Antonius associatedWith Second Triumvirate
Board of Three for the Reconstitution of the State alsoKnownAs Triumviri Rei Publicae Constituendae Consulari Potestate
linked to: Second Triumvirate
Battle of Perusia politicalContext Second Triumvirate
Liberators (Brutus and Cassius) opponent Second Triumvirate
Antyllus associatedWith Second Triumvirate
Cleopatra Selene II parentalAllegiance Second Triumvirate (through Mark Antony)
subject linked to: Queen of Mauretania
linked to: Second Triumvirate
War of the Liberators conflictBetween Second Triumvirate
subject linked to: war of the Liberators
War of the Liberators opposingBelligerent Second Triumvirate
subject linked to: war of the Liberators
Bellum Perusinum relatedTo Second Triumvirate
Cicero’s Philippics associatedWith Second Triumvirate
Pact of Misenum (39 BC) involvedParty Second Triumvirate
Treaty of Misenum hasParticipant Second Triumvirate
Treaty of Misenum concludedBetween Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey
linked to: Second Triumvirate
Treaty of Misenum relatedTo Second Triumvirate
Siege of Perusia associatedWith Second Triumvirate
Battle of Forum Gallorum relatedTo Second Triumvirate
army of Gaius Cassius Longinus opposed Second Triumvirate