Hey everyone this is Gary just wanted to let you know that this is the last

on-core episode of my holiday break I am rested ready to go and we'll be back

again tomorrow with fresh new episodes from the episodes. political system for their own benefit. They called this system a triumvirate. A decade later, Rome

found itself under the control of three more men and yet another triumvirate. This one was very different

than the first, however. It was given actual legal authority and it was far more deadly.

Learn more about the second triumvirate, how it started and how it ended on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. I've previously done an episode on the first triumvirate, but for those of you who didn't hear it, I'll give a quick recap.

Three high-ranking Roman politicians who had been opponents came together for their mutual benefit.

Rome's greatest general, Nius Pompeus Magnus, Rome's richest man, Marcus Licinius

Crassus, and another guy you might have heard of, Gaius Julius Caesar.

The first triumvirate was very unofficial. The three men just agreed to support each other's big projects, gave themselves

plumb assignments, and determined who would run for the highest offices in Rome and probably

win.

The system worked up until the point where it didn't.

Krasus died in the deserts of Parthia trying to seek military glory.

Pompe was beheaded in Egypt after losing a Civil War battle to Caesar,

and Caesar was assassinated on the floor of the Senate.

The assassination of Julius Caesar is where this story of the second triumvirate actually

begins.

Julius Caesar had been appointed dictator for life and was the singular personality in control of all of Rome.

His death created a power vacuum that sent everything into chaos.

The conspirators who killed him didn't really have a that sent everything into chaos.

The conspirators who killed him didn't really have a plan for after Caesar was dead.

...