Quick questions on Caesar's civil war and the defeat of Pompey: HSC Ancient History

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What is the breakdown of the First Triumvirate, 54-52 BC?

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The First Triumvirate, the informal power-sharing alliance of Caesar, Pompey and Crassus formed in 60 BC, was held together by two things: a family tie and a balance of ambition. Both collapsed within two years. In 54 BC, Julia, Caesar's daughter and Pompey's wife, died in childbirth, removing the personal bond between the two men. In 53 BC, Crassus, who had used his own wealth and ambition to broker compromises between Caesar and Pompey, was killed with his son at the Battle of Carrhae against the Parthians, a catastrophic Roman defeat that also removed the third party whose rivalry with each of the other two had helped keep them in balance.

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