Triumvir - Definition and Overview

The term triumvirate (Latin for "rule by three men") or troika in Russian, is commonly used to describe an alliance between three equally powerful political or military leaders. These alliances seldom hold very long. The term can also be used to describe a state with three different military leaders who all declare to be the sole leader of the state.

Roman Triumvirates

• First Triumvirate
• Second Triumvirate
• Byzantine Triumvirate

Other Triumvirates

• Ottoman Triumvirate
• Great Triumvirate
• Council of Three
• Paraguayan Triumvirate

See also

• Duumvirate - the equivalent term for two people
• Decemvirate - the equivalent term for ten people