These included coalitions of patriarchal chieftains, kingships, governments concentrated in the hands of a few families of noble birth, dictatorships, and different forms of republican rule in which the power conferred on the senators, consuls, and triumvirates (three-man governmental coalitions) varied, with typical party struggles between classes and factions.
Hiertoe behoorden coalities van patriarchale stamhoofden, monarchieën, regeringen waarin enkele adellijke families de macht in handen hadden, dictaturen en allerlei republikeinse staatsvormen waarin de macht die aan de senatoren, de consuls en de triumviraten (driemanschappen) was verleend, varieerde en gekenmerkt werd door typerende partijtwisten tussen klassen en facties.jw2019 jw2019