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Venice–Byzantine Trade Agreement
In 1008 CE, within its long-standing cooperation framework with the Byzantine Empire, Venice continued and consolidated the trading privileges establ…
Timeline
- 1008Constantinople · ConstantinopleVenetian merchants continued to enjoy lower tariffs than other foreign merchants at the imperial capital and major ports (reduced from 30 nomismata to 17 nomismata) and traded in a concentrated Venetian quarter in the Golden Horn.
- 1008Venice · VeniceIn return for the privileges, Venice pledged to assist military operations in southern Italy with its fleet when the empire required; the change of regime in 1008 did not interrupt this cooperation framework, with trade and naval aid mutually bound.
Sources
- Pietro II Orseolo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_II_Orseolo
- Byzantium and Venice: The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Alliance — Various (2018) https://www.medievalists.net/2018/12/byzantium-venice-medieval-alliance/