Triumvirate
A triumvirate (from Latin, triumvirātus, from trēs three + vir man) is a political regime dominated by three powerful individuals, each a triumvir (pl. triumvirs or triumviri). The arrangement can be formal or informal, and though the three are usually equal on paper, in reality this is rarely the case. The term can also be used to describe a state with three different military leaders who all claim to be the sole leader.
In the context of the Soviet Union and Russia, the term troika (Russian for "threesome") is used for "triumvirate", directly borrowed from Russian language. Eventually the word "troika" came into usage in other contexts.
Roman triumvirates
Originally, triumviri were special commissions of three men appointed for specific administrative tasks apart from the regular duties of Roman magistrates. The triumviri capitales, for instance, oversaw prisons and executions, along with other functions that, as Andrew Lintott notes, show them to have been "a mixture of police superintendents and justices of the peace." The capitales were first established around 290–287 BCE. They were supervised by the praetor urbanus. These triumviri, or the tresviri nocturni, may also have taken some responsibility for fire control.
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Dreamweaver
by: StratovariusLying alone in your bed
Images from the past filling your head
You try to run, you try to hide
But there is no escape, your eyes are open wide
Long time ago you felt alive
Now only emptiness is blackening your life
The time has come to break away
Or you go astray
Dreamweaver, there is so much more to see
Dreamweaver, there is a deeper way to feel
Dreamweaver, misery takes a hold of you
Paralyzes your soul
Dreamweaver, find a way to understand
Dreamweaver, you hold your fate in your own hand
Dreamweaver, break your chains and make your move
Or you might just see the dreamweaver's fall
Things that you started are still undone
While you are wasting your precious life
The sleepless nights won't leave you be
You're going astray
Dreamweaver, there is so much more to see
Dreamweaver, there is a deeper way to feel
Dreamweaver, misery takes a hold of you
Paralyzes your soul
Dreamweaver, find a way to understand
Dreamweaver, hold your fate in your own hand
Dreamweaver, break your chains and make your move
Or you might just see the dreamweaver's fall
Dreamweaver, there is so much more to see
Dreamweaver, there is a deeper way to feel
Dreamweaver, misery takes a hold of you
Paralyzes your soul
Dreamweaver, find a way to understand
Dreamweaver, hold your fate in your own hand
Dreamweaver, break your chains and make your move
Or you might just see the dreamweaver's fall
Dreamweaver, there is so much more to see
Dreamweaver, there is a deeper way to feel
Dreamweaver, misery takes a hold of you
Paralyzes your soul
Dreamweaver, find a way to understand
Dreamweaver, you hold your fate in your own hand
Dreamweaver, break your chains and make your move