What Is The Triumvirate In Julius Caesar
In Act 4 of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Scene 1 shows the 2nd Triumvirate of Mark Antony, Octavius Caesar, and Marcus Lepidus composing a list of people who need to be killed. Caesar has been assassinated, and Antony has started a civil war against the conspirators to avenge Caesar’s death. He has formed a triumvirate with Octavius Caesar, Caesar’s adopted son, and Marcus Lepidus, a close friend and ally of Caesar. The triumvirate is supposed to share power equally, but Antony is taking advantage of Lepidus’s stupidity to gain more power for himself, At the beginning of Scene 1, Antony is seen making a “hit list of people who should be killed because they pose a threat to the triumvirate’s power. The three are ruthless, brutal, and