what is a triumvirate? who is in it?
A triumvirate (from Latin, triumvirÄtus, from trÄs three + vir man) is a political regime dominated by three powerful individuals, each a triumvir (pl. triumvirs or triumviri).
From left to right: Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey the Great. The First Triumvirate was an unofficial political alliance known as an Amitica, between three prominent Roman politicians (triumvirs) which included Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great and Marcus Licinius Crassus.