Scholarly Sources on the First Triumvirate

Varro (a Roman writer and contemporary of Caesar) called the alliance the ______

‘Three headed Monster’

Roman historian Velleius Paterculus viewed the alliance as _______

Destructive, stating it was motivated by three power hungry politicians

Swain and Davies stated that the Triumvirate was cemented by _______

‘….a marriage alliance between Pompey who was now in his mid-forties, and Julia, Caesar’s only child’

What does Scullard think of the First Triumvirate?

‘It’s formation was a turning point in the history of the free res publica, and it was, as both Cicero and Cato recognised, the ultimate origin of the Civil War of 49BC’