The First Triumvirate of Rome: Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, and Marcus Licinius Crassus
Lunch and Lecture
Nearly 450 years after the founding of the Roman Republic and over 140
years after the fall of Carthage, Rome became the Mediterranean hegemony,
three men came together, in secret, to bypass the constitutional checksand-
balances which were designed to prevent the republic from falling into
dictatorship. The seven year alliance lasted until only Caesar was left standing.
Even though the Senate brutally ambushed and assassinated Caesar, the
Roman Republic would never fully recover and dictatorship would soon follow.
– Ferki Ferati, Ed.D.
Ferki Ferati, Ed.D., is in his fifth year as President of the Jefferson Educational Society, an organization where he served in numerous leadership roles since its inception in 2008. He is also active civically in the Erie region, serving or leading numerous community initiatives for the betterment of Erie. Dr. Ferati is the Erie County representative on the America250PA, a national effort to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He is also on the Scientific Board of Harvard University’s Galileo Project. Dr. Ferati earned his doctoral degree from University of Pittsburgh, MA from Gannon University, and a BA from Mercyhurst University.
