Pact of Misenum (39 BC)

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The Pact of Misenum (39 BC) was a political agreement during the late Roman Republic that temporarily ended hostilities between Sextus Pompeius and the Second Triumvirate by granting him control over key territories and grain supplies in exchange for lifting his naval blockade of Italy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political agreement
treaty
aimedTo secure grain supply for Rome
stabilize Italy
alternativeName Treaty of Misenum NERFINISHED
associatedWith Second Triumvirate power consolidation
brokenBy renewed conflict between Sextus Pompeius and Octavian
concernedTerritory Italian grain supply routes
western Mediterranean
documentedBy Appian NERFINISHED
Cassius Dio NERFINISHED
followedBy Treaty of Tarentum NERFINISHED
grantedControlOver Corsica NERFINISHED
Peloponnesus NERFINISHED
Sardinia NERFINISHED
Sicily NERFINISHED
grain supplies for Rome
grantedTo Sextus Pompeius NERFINISHED
hasCause naval blockade of Italy by Sextus Pompeius
hasContext late Roman Republic NERFINISHED
hasDate 39 BC
hasEffect temporary end of hostilities between Sextus Pompeius and the Second Triumvirate
hasPlace Misenum NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Roman civil wars
involvedParty Marcus Aemilius Lepidus NERFINISHED
Mark Antony NERFINISHED
Octavian NERFINISHED
Second Triumvirate NERFINISHED
Sextus Pompeius NERFINISHED
language Latin
longTermOutcome did not prevent later defeat of Sextus Pompeius
negotiatedBy envoys of Sextus Pompeius
envoys of the Second Triumvirate
partOf power struggle after Julius Caesar's assassination
politicalNature power-sharing arrangement
precededBy naval victories of Sextus Pompeius
relatedEvent Battle of Naulochus NERFINISHED
relatedToConflict Sicilian revolt of Sextus Pompeius NERFINISHED
civil wars of the late Roman Republic
requiredAction lifting of naval blockade of Italy
requiredActionFrom Sextus Pompeius NERFINISHED
shortTermOutcome resumption of grain shipments to Rome
temporary maritime peace in Tyrrhenian Sea
status eventually broken

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Sextus Pompeius significantEvent Pact of Misenum (39 BC)