of Triumvir
Source: Webster's dictionaryBefore marching against Brutus and Cassius in the East, the Triumvirs decided to eliminate their enemies in Rome. Source: Internet
Eck (2003), 15. Scullard (1982), 163. The triumvirs then set in motion proscriptions in which 300 senators and 2,000 equites allegedly were branded as outlaws and deprived of their property and, for those who failed to escape, their lives. Source: Internet
In the resulting first battle of Philippi, Antony defeated Cassius and captured his camp while Brutus overran Octavian's troops and penetrated into the Triumvirs' camp but was unable to capture the sick Octavian. Source: Internet
Eck, pg 18 However, the Triumvirs did not possess sufficient state-controlled land to allot to the veterans. Source: Internet
Lucius and Fulvia took a political and martial gamble in opposing Octavian, however, since the Roman army still depended on the triumvirs for their salaries. Source: Internet
Scullard (1982), 164. Rewards for their arrest gave incentive for Romans to capture those proscribed, while the assets and properties of those arrested were seized by the triumvirs. Source: Internet