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Originally Posted by Gwaihir
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The Triumvirate didn't really work though, it just simplified the path of consolidation toward absolute monarchy.
Pompey was disingenuously encouraged to continue warmongering, which lead to his eventual and inevitable defeat and death, then it was just a duopoly which quickly crumbled when Caesar returned victorious from Gaul and crossed the Rubicon to wrest the pseudo-control Crassus thought he had consolidated.
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People thought democracy didn't work back in the day either. Now it does. I don't really think a triumvirate would work. Just pressing the issue for the sake of thought exercise and boredom.