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The term triumvirate (Latin for "rule by three men") or troika in Russian, is commonly used to describe an alliance between three equally powerful political or military leaders. These alliances seldom hold very long. The term can also be used to describe a state with three different military leaders who all declare to be the sole leader of the state.


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The Triumvirate was established by law in 43 BC as the Triumviri Rei Publicae Constituendae Consulari Potestate ("Triumviri for the Constitution of the Republic with Consular Power", invariably abbreviated as "III Vir RPC").
In order to refill the treasury, the Triumviri decided to resort to proscription ; as all three had been partisans of Caesar, their choices of targets were somewhat peculiar.
Triumviri Rei Publicae Constituendae Consulari Potestate (43 – 33):
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