- Conspiracy (political)
In a political sense, conspiracy refers to a group of persons united in the goal of usurping or overthrowing an established political power. Typically, the final goal is to gain power through a revolutionary
coup d'état or throughassassination .A conspiracy is to be contrasted with a
cabal . The two are similar but have quite different connotations; in contrast to a cabal, a conspiracy usually looks to overthrow a fixed power instead of usurping it from within.Famous political conspiracies
Perhaps the most famous political conspiracy was that of
Gaius Trebonius ,Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus ,Marcus Junius Brutus , andGaius Cassius Longinus who successfully conspired to assassinateJulius Caesar on theIdes of March ,44 BC .The
Catiline conspiracy , thwarted byCicero asconsul .Two other famous conspiracies were the murders of
David Rizzio and Lord Darnley, (Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany), respectivelyMary, Queen of Scots private secretary and her husband.It is also generally considered that the infamous "gunpowder treason" attempted by
Guy Fawkes was a conspiracy, although a thwarted one.ee also
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