What was the Second Triumvirate?
Q: What was the Second Triumvirate?
A: The Second Triumvirate was an alliance between Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus formed to punish the conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar.
Q: How long did the Second Triumvirate last?
A: The Second Triumvirate lasted from 43 BC to 33 BC.
Q: Why did the Second Triumvirate come into existence?
A: The Second Triumvirate was formed to punish the conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar.
Q: What were the consequences of the Second Triumvirate?
A: The Triumvirate ended the effort by Marcus Tullius Cicero to make the Senate once again the top body of the Republic, and from then on Rome was ruled by an Emperor.
Q: Who led the Triumvirate army?
A: The Triumvirate army was led by Octavian and Mark Antony.
Q: Who did the Triumvirate army defeat in the war?
A: The Triumvirate army, led by Octavian and Mark Antony, defeated the Conspirators' army led by Cassius and Brutus.
Q: How did the war end and what happened to Cassius and Brutus?
A: The war ended with the Battle of Philippi in Roman Macedonia in 42 BC. Cassius and Brutus committed suicide, and the remainder of their army joined the Triumvirate forces.
