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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Target entity: Second Triumvirate Context triple: [Mark Antony, memberOf, Second Triumvirate]
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First Triumvirate
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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Dii Consentes
The Dii Consentes were the principal group of twelve major Roman deities, roughly equivalent to the Greek Olympians, who formed the core of the Roman state pantheon.
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Roman consuls
Roman consuls were the highest elected magistrates of the Roman Republic, serving as dual chief executives and military commanders who held supreme civil and military authority.
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Diocletian's Tetrarchy
Diocletian's Tetrarchy was a late 3rd-century system of rule that divided imperial authority among four co-emperors to stabilize and more effectively govern the Roman Empire.
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Tribunate
The Tribunate was a legislative assembly in Napoleonic France that debated proposed laws and represented a limited form of popular representation under the Consulate.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Second Triumvirate Target entity description: 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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A.
First Triumvirate
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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B.
Dii Consentes
The Dii Consentes were the principal group of twelve major Roman deities, roughly equivalent to the Greek Olympians, who formed the core of the Roman state pantheon.
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C.
Roman consuls
Roman consuls were the highest elected magistrates of the Roman Republic, serving as dual chief executives and military commanders who held supreme civil and military authority.
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Diocletian's Tetrarchy
Diocletian's Tetrarchy was a late 3rd-century system of rule that divided imperial authority among four co-emperors to stabilize and more effectively govern the Roman Empire.
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E.
Tribunate
The Tribunate was a legislative assembly in Napoleonic France that debated proposed laws and represented a limited form of popular representation under the Consulate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman political alliance
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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 of Luca
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surface form:
Conference at Bononia
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| formedIn | Bononia ⓘ |
| grantedPowers |
consular power
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power to conduct proscriptions ⓘ power to make laws without Senate approval ⓘ power to nominate magistrates ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
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Mark Antony ⓘ Augustus ⓘ
surface form:
Octavian
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| historicalPeriod | Late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| internalConflict | rivalry between Octavian and Mark Antony ⓘ |
| internalOutcome | marginalization of Lepidus ⓘ |
| introducedPolicy | proscriptions of political enemies ⓘ |
| keyBattle |
Battle of Naulochus
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Battle of Perusia ⓘ Battle of Philippi ⓘ Sicilian revolt against Sextus Pompey ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Lex Titia ⓘ |
| legalName |
Second Triumvirate
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Triumviri Rei Publicae Constituendae
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| legalStatus | extraordinary magistracy ⓘ |
| notableVictimOfProscriptions | Cicero ⓘ |
| opponent |
Liberators (Brutus and Cassius)
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Roman Senate faction opposed to Caesar’s heirs ⓘ Sextus Pompeius ⓘ
surface form:
Sextus Pompey
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| precededBy | First Triumvirate ⓘ |
| purpose |
to avenge Julius Caesar
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to reorganize the Roman state ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
assassination of Julius Caesar
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establishment of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| renewal | renewed for five years in 38 BCE ⓘ |
| significance | marked transition from Republic to Empire ⓘ |
| startTime |
43 BCE
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November 43 BCE ⓘ |
| startTimeEvent | after assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| territorialDivision |
Lepidus controlled parts of Africa
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Mark Antony controlled the East ⓘ Octavian controlled the West ⓘ |
| translationOfLegalName | Board of Three for the Reconstitution of the State ⓘ |
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Subject: Second Triumvirate Description of subject: 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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