WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In 60 B.C., Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus formed a governing group called
A
the Republic
B
the Senate
C
the Dictatorship
D
a triumvirate
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Triumvirate Definition The First Triumvirate was formed in 60 B.C.E. by Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Magnus Pompey, and Marcus Licinius Crassus in response to laws being passed by the Senate to try and restrain them and limit their power.

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: -Caesar, Crassus and Pompey soon formed an informal alliance (strengthened by the marriage of Caesar’s daughter Julia to Pompey) known as the First Triumvirate. The union terrified the Roman Senate who knew that a partnership between three such powerful men would prove unstoppable.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Hinduism, the gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva form the triumvirate Trimurti, where they each represent the balancing forces of creation, preservation, and destruction, respectively.

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