Sextus Pompeius and the Sicilian War (42 to 36 B.C.E.)

Summary by Krater

This video examines Octavians rise to power, his relations with Antony, Lepidus, and the pirate king Sextus Pompeius, and the devastating civil wars that plagued Italy.

From the video

Answers: How did Octavian consolidate power in Rome and defeat his rivals?

• Octavians rise to power
• the Second Triumvirate
• land confiscation in Italy
• Famine and civil unrest
• Sextus Pompeius and the Sicilian War
• Agrippa and naval warfare

What it concludes

• Octavian's cruel treatment of captured soldiers and confiscation of farmland caused widespread suffering and famine in Italy.
• The Treaty of Brundisium established a temporary peace and a re-division of the Roman world between Octavian and Antony.
• Agrippa built an advanced harbor and fleet at Lake Avernus to combat Sextus Pompeius.
• Octavian eventually defeated Sextus Pompeius at the naval battle of Naulochus, ending the Sicilian War.