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Triumvirate
Triumvirate , in ancient Rome, ruling board or commission of three men. Triumvirates were common in the Roman republic. The First Triumvirate was the alliance of Julius Caesar , Pompey , and Marcus Licinius Crassus formed in 60 BC This was not strictly a triumvirate, since the alliance had no ... Read more
Artur da Costa e Silva
Artur da Costa e Silva , 1902-69, president of Brazil (1967-69). An army general, he participated in the 1964 coup that deposed President João Goulart . He served as war minister (1964-66) under President Humberto Castelo Branco and succeeded him in office. As president, he rejected the ca... Read more
Antony
Antony or Marc Antony, Lat. Marcus Antonius, c.83 BC-30 BC, Roman politican and soldier. He was of a distinguished family; his mother was a relative of Julius Caesar . Antony was notorious from his youth for riotous living, but even his enemies admitted his courage. Antony and Caesar ... Read more
Lev Borisovich Kamenev
Lev Borisovich Kamenev , 1883-1936, Soviet Communist leader. His original name was Rosenfeld. He joined (1901) the Social Democratic party and sided with the Bolshevik wing when the party split (1903). Banished (1915) to Siberia for his revolutionary activities, he returned after the February Revolu... Read more
Juan Antonio Lavalleja
Juan Antonio Lavalleja , c.1786-1853, Uruguayan revolutionist. After serving under José Gervasio Artigas, Lavalleja was imprisoned for a short time by Brazil, then in control of Uruguay. Subsequently he led a small group—the Thirty-three Immortals—in a declaration of independence ... Read more
Marcus Terentius Varro
Marcus Terentius Varro 116 BC-27? BC, Roman man of letters. Known as the most erudite man and the most prolific writer of his times, Varro is estimated to have written about 620 volumes. He served as Pompey's legate in Spain and fought at Pharsalus, but was reconciled with Caesar, who made him dire... Read more
Grigori Evseyevich Zinoviev
Grigori Evseyevich Zinoviev , 1883-1936, Soviet Communist leader, originally named Radomyslsky. He joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor party in 1901 and sided with Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction after 1903 (see Bolshevism and Menshevism ). He conducted agitation in St. Petersburg during ... Read more
Augustus
Augustus , 63 BC-AD 14, first Roman emperor, a grandson of the sister of Julius Caesar . Named at first Caius Octavius, he became on adoption by the Julian gens (44 BC) Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Octavian); Augustus was a title of honor granted (27 BC) by the senate. The Second Triumvira... Read more
Boer Wars
Boer Wars (or South African Wars, Anglo-Boer Wars, First and Second Wars of Freedom) (1880–81; 1899–1902) Wars fought between Britain and Transvaal and between Britain and Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The first arose from the British annexation of the Transvaal in 1877 and the ... Read more
Henri Christophe
Henri Christophe , 1767-1820, Haitian revolutionary leader. A freed black slave, he aided Toussaint L'Ouverture in the liberation of Haiti and was army chief under Dessalines . When the latter declared himself emperor, Christophe took part (1806) in a successful plot against his life and was elec... Read more

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Triumvirate
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Triumvirate , in ancient Rome, ruling board or...common in the Roman republic. The First Triumvirate was the alliance of Julius Caesar...formed in 60 BC This was not strictly a triumvirate, since the alliance had no official...
Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Roman politician and member of the First Triumvirate, for which he provided financial backing...from the unrest they caused. First Triumvirate When Pompey returned and found himself...paid off in the formation of the First Triumvirate and the election of Julius Caesar to...
Julius Caesar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...must be above suspicion." The First Triumvirate Having served in Farther Spain as proconsul...organized a coalition, known as the First Triumvirate, made up of Pompey, commander in chief...53 BC) in Parthia ended the First Triumvirate and set Pompey and Caesar against each...
Grigori Evseevich Zinoviev
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...in Lenin's absence. Gradually, a triumvirate, consisting of Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev...the emergence and maintenance of the triumvirate is to be principally explained by two...enemies threatened the interests of the triumvirate, it tended to function cohesively...
Augustus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...granted (27 BC) by the senate. The Second Triumvirate When Octavius was a youth, Caesar took...and Lepidus (d. 13 BC) as the Second Triumvirate. Having proscribed the enemies of the triumvirate, Octavian and Antony went east and defeated...
Antony
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...drove them from the city. The Second Triumvirate When Octavian (later Augustus ), Caesar...and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Second Triumvirate, with Antony receiving Asia as his...the republicans at Philippi, and the triumvirate ruled the empire for five years. Antony...
Caesar, Julius
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...provoking, or starting, the war. First Triumvirate In 59 b.c.e. Caesar won an election...that would become known as the First Triumvirate. He aligned himself with the Roman...forced to surrender. Dissolving the Triumvirate Caesar's long absence from Rome had...
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and Crassus form the dictatorial First Triumvirate. Cicero refused offers to become a...his part) various supporters of the Triumvirate. In 51 Cicero was sent off to govern...much-loved daughter Tullia. Second Triumvirate Cicero was not involved in the conspiracy...
Mark Antony
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...besmirch the cause's image. Second Triumvirate With the death of Caesar, Antony was...result was the formation of the second triumvirate of Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus. Unlike the first triumvirate of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus...
Grigori Evseyevich Zinoviev
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1921-26). On Lenin's death (1924), Zinoviev, Kamenev, and Joseph Stalin formed a ruling triumvirate. Zinoviev led the triumvirate's attack on Leon Trotsky , calling for his expulsion from the party. After an initial victory over...

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triumvirate
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...holding power, in particular ( the First Triumvirate ) the unofficial coalition of Julius...and Crassus in 60 bc and ( the Second Triumvirate ) a coalition formed by Antony, Lepidus...existing in relation to each other: a triumvirate of three former executive vice presidents...
Triumvirate
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms Triumvirate a group, party, or association of three leaders, 1601.
California Institute of Technology
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...ambitious for American science and determined to put Throop on the map, Hale, Millikan, and Noyes were a formidable scientific triumvirate and by Armistice Day were ready to transform the engineering school into an institution that emphasized pure science. In...
Kamenev, Lev Borisovich
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...presided over the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets. On LENIN's death in 1924 Kamenev, ZINOVIEV , and STALIN formed a triumvirate to exclude Kamenev's brother-in-law, TROTSKY , from power. In 1936 he was accused of complicity in the murder of...
Douglas, Archibald Douglas, 4th earl of (S), lord of Galloway and Annandale, duke of Touraine
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...in so many battles on the losing side. Earl Archibald was none the less a magnate of immense influence, and one of the triumvirate (with Albany and Mar) who controlled the country during the captivity of James I. Latterly Douglas supported the cause...
Caron, Antoine
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...allegorical subjects in the manner of court ceremonies, scenes of magic and prediction, and massacres, as in Massacres under the Triumvirate (1566, Louvre, Paris), his only signed and dated painting. His style is characterized most obviously by extremely elongated...
Pompey
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Pompey (106–48 bc), Roman general and statesman, known as Pompey the Great . He founded the First Triumvirate, but later quarrelled with Julius Caesar , who defeated him at the battle of Pharsalus. He then fled to Egypt, where he was murdered.
Caldecott, Randolph
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...English illustrator, painter, and occasional sculptor. With Walter Crane and Kate Greenaway he ‘formed the triumvirate of great British children's illustrators of the late Victorian period…but his drawings were far less rigid...
Bassano, Jacopo
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...Jacopo is regarded as a member of the Venetian School and among his contemporaries is ranked inferior only to the great triumvirate of Titian , Tintoretto , and Veronese . However, apart from a period in the 1530s when he worked with Bonifazio Veronese...
Oil Fields
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...four exploratory wells in eleven fields across the Gulf had been drilled. Currently, the Gulf is part of a worldwide triumvirate of offshore fields — the other two are in the Persian Gulf and the North Sea — that provides one-third...

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trio
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus trio • noun  a talented trio from East Orange will sing the closing hymn synonyms : threesome, triumvirate, triad, trinity, troika; triplets.
triple
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English triple • noun   synonyms : trio, threesome, triumvirate, triad, trine, trinity, triunity.
threesome
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus threesome • noun  a talented threesome synonyms : trio, triumvirate, triad, trinity, troika; triplets.
three
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus three • cardinal number  the three over there are the lounge singers synonyms : trio, threesome, triple, triad, trinity, troika, triumvirate, trilogy, triptych, trefoil, three-piece, triplets.

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Triumvirate: a North American interparliamentary innovation.
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/18/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...will be chief of staff and part of a triumvirate of top advisers in the administration...administrator. President Ronald Reagan used the triumvirate structure to "prop him up," said...the one Deaver played in Reagan's triumvirate, "making him look his best to the...
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Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 10/12/2005; ; 476 words ; Theatre, TRIUMVIRATE, ORAN MOR, GLASGOW, *** THE three men who convened somewhere...generation of political leaders. Allan Massie's 40-minute play Triumvirate - the latest in this autumn's lunchtime Play, Pie and Pint season...
Congressional triumvirate win with bigger agendas
Newspaper article from: Chicago Defender; 11/8/2000; ; 700+ words ; Congressional triumvirate win with bigger agendas by Chinta Strausberg Chicago's Black Congressional triumvirate, Reps. Bobby L. Rush (D-1st), Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-2nd), and Danny K. Davis (D-7th), were re-elected with...
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