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Venetian–Byzantine Peace Treaty

Type Event Region Constantinople Time 1126

In August 1126, Byzantine Emperor John II was forced to conclude a peace treaty with the Republic of Venice amid Venetian fleet raids on imperial mar…

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  1. 1126Constantinople · ConstantinopleFacing Venetian attacks on Methone, Cephalonia, and other places, along with wartime fiscal pressure, John II was unwilling to divert more resources from the army to naval shipbuilding, and so dispatched envoys to Venice to propose peace negotiations.
  2. 1126Constantinople · ConstantinopleJohn II issued a new golden bull, reconfirming the core terms of the 1082 treaty and adding further concessions such as tariff reductions and commercial monopolies; Venetian merchants were permitted to return to imperial markets, and the two sides formally ended armed conflict.

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