tresviri rei publicae constituendae

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The tresviri rei publicae constituendae were the three powerful Roman magistrates—Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus—who formed the Second Triumvirate to reorganize and control the Roman state in the late 1st century BCE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman magistracy
Second Triumvirate
extraordinary commission
alsoKnownAs Second Triumvirate
triumviri rei publicae constituendae
appliesToPeriod late 1st century BCE
country Roman Republic
dissolutionCause conflict between Octavian and Antony
dissolutionEvent run-up to the Battle of Actium
endTime 32 BCE
followedBy principate of Augustus
governmentType triumviral dictatorship
hasMember Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Marcus Antonius
linked to: Mark Antony
hasPower conduct proscriptions
control provincial commands
make laws without reference to other magistrates
nominate magistrates
headOfState Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Marcus Antonius
linked to: Mark Antony
historicalEra Roman civil wars
historicalSignificance transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire
languageOfName Latin
legalBasis lex Titia
legalForm statutory commission
literalMeaning three men for the reconstitution of the state
opposedBy Gaius Cassius Longinus
Liberators
linked to: Liberatores

Marcus Junius Brutus
politicalAlignment Caesarian faction
precededBy First Triumvirate
purpose concentrate power in the hands of three men
reorganize the Roman state
restore order after Julius Caesar's assassination
relatedEvent division of Roman provinces among triumvirs
proscriptions of 43 BCE
resultOf power vacuum after Julius Caesar's death
significantBattle Battle of Philippi
startTime 43 BCE
territory Roman Republic and its provinces

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Lex Titia createdOffice tresviri rei publicae constituendae
Board of Three for the Reconstitution of the State alsoKnownAs Triumviri Rei Publicae Constituendae
linked to: tresviri rei publicae constituendae
Board of Three for the Reconstitution of the State latinName Triumviri Rei Publicae Constituendae
linked to: tresviri rei publicae constituendae