WORLD CIVILIZATION

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ROMAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The political alliance of Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar brought a short-lived peace to the Roman Republic. Their alliance was called the-
A
Praetors’ Confederation.
B
Consulship.
C
Counsel of Tribunes.
D
First Triumvirate.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The First Triumvirate was an informal political alliance among three prominent politicians in the late Roman Republic: Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Marcus Licinius Crassus. The constitution of the Roman republic had many veto points.

Detailed explanation-2: -The so-called First Triumvirate of Pompey, Julius Caesar, and Marcus Licinius Crassus, which began in 60 bc, was not a formally created commission but an extralegal compact among three strong political leaders.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pompey the Great, Latin in full Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, (born September 29, 106 bce, Rome-died September 28, 48 bce, Pelusium, Egypt), one of the great statesmen and generals of the late Roman Republic, a triumvir (61–54 bce) who was an associate and later an opponent of Julius Caesar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar formed the unofficial and at first secret “First Triumvirate.” (This was not a legal position, and the term, although convenient, is modern.)

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