The+Second+Triumvirate

A triumvirate is a group in Roman history that has an association of three people in office or authority. The Second Triumvirate was established and existed from 43 BC to 33 BC, whcih covered two five-year terms. The group of three was made of by Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, also known as Augustus, Markus Aemilius Lepidus, Mark Antony . As opposed to the First triumvirate, the Second triumvirate was offical and legal. Octavian was born in Ox Head, Rome in 63 BC. His full name is Gaius Octavius Thurnius but later changed his name to Gaius Julius Casersar Octavianus because his great uncle, Julius Caesar, had adopted him after his father's death. Octavian acompanied Julius Caesar to the Spanish Expedition. After Julius caesar's death in 44 BC, Octavian was ruled from 27 BC to his death in 14 AD. Antony was born in 83 BC and was the loyal friend of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator. He formed a political alliance with Octavian and Lepidus known as the Second Triumvirate. However, this triumvirate broke up with a disagreement between Antrony and Octavian, which ended up turing into the civil war. Lepidus was born around 88 BC. Ironicly, his father had been involved in a rebellious act against the Roman Republic that lead to his death. Lepidus was among several of Julius Caesar's supporters. After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Lepidus allianced himself with Antony. Lepidus met Octavian and Antony, with their armies as well, on an island and formed the Second Triumvirate. The three people, who made up the Second Triumvirate, were somewhat against each other, mainly Octavian and Antony. At one point, Antony and Octavian went to war against each other because Octavian turned the public opinion against his former aquitance. However, after the end of the Second Triumvirate in 33 BC, Octavian chose to keep the distance between him and Antony and later illegally obtained Antony's will and then exposed it to the Roman Republic Antony's will promised treasuries to his children by Clepotra, and commanded that his body be shipped to Alexandria to be burried. This outraged Rome and the Senate then declared war. Octavian was the leader of this war and his forces defeated Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in Greece in 31 BC. Sadly, Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide. Octavian then took control over Egypt adn Alexandria.