The Misenum treaty (also known as Pisen or (Shine) Peace from Misenum) was a peace file that, in the summer of 39 BC. at Misenum was closed between Gaius Iulius Caesar (Octavianus) (in the name of the Second Triumvirate) and Sextus Pompeius to put an end to the Sicilian zealocathy during the Sicilian uprising.
By the removal of this blockade, Rome's grain feed was reassured, but the treaty would not last for a long time. When the treaty was broken, Octavian ordered his right hand Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa to commission a naval base. First in 37 BC. a port, Julius Portus, landscaped between Baiae and Puteoli, a little further on the Bay of Naples. However, because of this, there was a new large fleet base at Misenum, where the fleet was in 12 BC. was transferred. The natural bay was extensive and sheltered and was further protected by the construction of a pier. Also see
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