Editing Second Triumvirate (section)

== Name ==

The name "Second Triumvirate" is a modern misnomer derived from the branding of the political alliance between Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar (created {{circa|59&nbsp;BC}}) as the [[First Triumvirate|"First" Triumvirate]]. This nomenclature was unknown during and before the [[Renaissance]] and was first attested in the late 17th century, coming into widespread use only in the following century.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ridley |first=R |year=1999 |title=What's in the Name: the so-called First Triumvirate |journal=Arctos: Acta Philological Fennica |volume=33 |pages=133–44 |url=https://journal.fi/arctos/article/download/85987/44908 }} Specifically, "first triumvirate" is first attested in 1681.</ref> Recent books have started to avoid the traditional nomenclature of "First" and "Second" Triumvirates.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |last=Russell |first=Amy |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah26425 |title=Triumvirate, First |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Ancient History |date=2015-06-30 |pages=1–3 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-4051-7935-5 |doi=10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah26425 }}</ref> The ''[[Oxford Classical Dictionary]]'', for example, warns "'First' and 'Second Triumvirate' are modern and misleading terms".{{sfn|Cadoux|Lintott|2012}}