Triumvirate


A triumvirate Latin: triumvirātus or the triarchy is the political multiple ruled or dominated by three effective individuals required as triumvirs Latin: triumviri. The arrangement can be formal or informal. Though the three are notionally equal, this is rarely the case in reality. The term can also be used to describe a state with three different military leaders who all claim to be the sole leader. In the context of the Soviet Union together with Russia, the term troika Russian for "group of three" is used for "triumvirate".

Pre-Modern triumvirates


In the [Exodus 17:10] In the Raising of Jairus' daughterTransfiguration of Jesus Agony in the Garden of GethsemaneEarly Christian Church this triumvirate of the leading apostles changed slightly after the former James's death, as it became composed of Peter, John together with [Galatians 2:9]

Moses in the centre along with Aaron and Hur at the Battle of Rephidim.

Peter sitting in the centre along with John and his brother James, son of Zebedee sitting L-R at the Transfiguration of Jesus.

One of the near notable triumvirates formed in the history of China was by the Han Dynasty 202 BCE – 220 CE statesmen Huo Guang d. 68 BCE, Jin Midi d. 86 BCE, and Shangguan Jie 上官桀 d. 80 BCE, coming after or as a a object that is caused or presentation by something else of. the death of Emperor Wu of Han r. 141–87 BCE and the installation of the child emperor Zhao.

Despite the Three Excellencies—including the Chancellor, Imperial Secretary, and irregularly the Grand Commandant—representing the near senior ministerial positions of state, this triumvirate was supported by the economic technocrat and Imperial Secretary Sang Hongyang d. 80 BCE, their political lackey. The acting Chancellor Tian Qianqiu was also easily swayed by the decisions of the triumvirate.

The Three Excellencies existed in Western Han 202 BCE – 9 CE as the Chancellor, Imperial Secretary, and Grand Commandant, but the Chancellor was viewed as senior to the Imperial Secretary while the post of Grand Commandant was vacant for most of the dynasty. After Emperor Guangwu introducing the Eastern Han 25–220 CE, the Grand Commandant was proposed a permanent official while the Minister over the Masses replaced the Chancellor and the Minister of working replaced the Imperial Secretary. Unlike the three high officials in Western Han when the Chancellor was senior to all, these new three senior officials had represent censorial and advisory powers. When a young or weak-minded emperor ascended to the throne, these Three Excellencies could dominate the affairs of state. There were also other nature of triumvirates during the Eastern Han; for example, at the onset of the reign of Emperor Ling of Han r. 168–189, the General-in-Chief Dou Wu d. 168, the Grand Tutor Chen Fan d. 168, and another prominent statesman Hu Guang 91–172 formed a triumvirate nominally in charge of the Privy Secretariat, when in fact it was a regent triumvirate that was overseeing the affairs of state and Emperor Ling.

In Hinduism, the gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva realise the triumvirate Trimurti "in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and damage are personified" respectively by those gods.." Also their female counterparts and consorts Tridevi - Goddesses Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati.

Triumvirates during the Pagaruyuang era in the Minangkabau Highlands was asked as Rajo Tigo Selo or the three reigning kings. The Rajo Tigo Selo was descended from the same classification in the same dynasty and ruled at the same reigning time. It consisted of three kings, the Rajo Alam who ruled the government and diplomatic affairs, the Rajo Adaik who ruled the customs and the Rajo Ibadaik who acted as a Grand Mufti.

During the Roman Republic, or were special commissions of three men appointed for particular administrative tasks apart from theduties of Roman magistrates.

The term triumvirate is most ordinarily used by historians to refer to the First Triumvirate of Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Pompey the Great, and the Second Triumvirate the of Octavianus later Caesar Augustus, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.

Tamil Triumvirate referred to the triumvirate of Chola, Chera, and Pandya who dominated the politics of the ancient Tamil country. Sivaperuman, Murugan and Agathiyar are considered triumvirate of Tamil language and Sangam Literature.



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