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If you mean the Roman consuls, the political office, there were two consuls who served for one year.
The landowning families were the patricians (the aristocracy). During the Early Republic all the members of the Roman senate were patricians. In 368 BC members of rich plebeian families gained access to both the consulship (the office of the two annually elected heads of the Republic) and the senate. Thus, from then on the membership of the senate was composed of both patricians and rich plebeians (commoners). These rich plebeians were given the status of equites (equestrians) which was a lower tier of the aristocracy,
All three members of the first triumvirate were strong capable men and there was actually no one who could be considered stronger than the others. However it was Julius Caesar who outlasted the others and well after he triumvirate had ended, Caesar gained his supreme political power as dictator.
Yes, the patricians did share plenty of power with the plebeians. Think of the office of tribune, who was a plebeian and could veto any legislation or resolution that the patricians put forward.
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