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Definition of Triumvirs

Triumvirs
Triumvir Tri*um"vir, n.; pl. L. Triumviri, E. Triumvirs. [L., fr. res, gen. trium, three + vir a man. See Three, and Virile.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of tree men united in public office or authority. Note: In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly exercised sovereign power. Julius C[ae]sar, Crassus, and Pompey were the first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the second and last.
Triumvir
Triumvir Tri*um"vir, n.; pl. L. Triumviri, E. Triumvirs. [L., fr. res, gen. trium, three + vir a man. See Three, and Virile.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of tree men united in public office or authority. Note: In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly exercised sovereign power. Julius C[ae]sar, Crassus, and Pompey were the first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the second and last.

Meaning of Triumvirs from wikipedia

- duties of Roman magistrates. Most commonly when historians refer to Roman "triumvirs", they mean two political alliances during the crisis of the Roman Republic...
- triumvirs seized eighteen rich Italian towns and redistributed them to their soldiers. The proscriptions claimed enemies and friends of the triumvirs...
- With the triumvirs in possession of overwhelming numerical superiority, Decimus Brutus' remaining forces melted away, leaving the triumvirs in complete...
- so weak here they could not withstand the triumvirs' initial charge. Having broken through, the triumvirs swung to their left to take Brutus in his flank...
- forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (the Second Triumvirate members, or Triumvirs) against the forces of Caesar's ********ins, led by Marcus Junius Brutus...
- The triumvir monetalis (pl. tresviri or triumviri monetales, also called the triumviri (tresviri) aere argento auro flando feriundo, abbreviated IIIVIR...
- instrument which created a formal legal framework to empower the three triumvirs with practically absolute power. It was named for Publius Titius, one...
- distinguished escort and convoy of triremes. After the reconciliation of the triumvirs, Julia returned with Antony to Italy in 39 BC and was probably present...
- three-man dictatorship known to historians as the Second Triumvirate. The Triumvirs defeated Caesar's killers, the Liberatores, at the Battle of Philippi...
- Life of Cr****us, 1 Plutarch, Cr****us 3.1–2; for a perspective on the triumvir's positive characteristics, see T.J. Cadoux, "Marcus Cr****us: A Revaluation...