Who were the members of the Second Triumvirate?

The Second Triumvirate, formally known as the tresviri rei publicae constituendae ("triumvirate for organizing the state"), consisted of three members who were granted absolute, dictatorial authority in 43 BCE:12

• Octavian: The adopted son and heir of Julius Caesar, who would later become the first Roman emperor, Augustus.312
• Mark Antony: A prominent Roman general and Caesar’s chief lieutenant.42
• Marcus Aemilius Lepidus: A senior Caesarian statesman who served as the chief priest.42

Unlike the informal First Triumvirate, this group was a legally sanctioned commission established to restore order to the Roman state following the assassination of Julius Caesar. The members divided the Roman world among themselves and utilized massive proscriptions to eliminate political enemies, including the orator Cicero. Over time, the alliance fractured, leading to the eventual rise of Octavian as the sole ruler of the Roman world.3124