Editing Second Triumvirate (section)

==== Treaty of Tarentum ====
In the spring of 37&nbsp;BC, Antony sailed for Italy with 300 ships. Denied entrance at Brundisium (the townsfolk suspected an invasion), he docked at Tarentum instead. Octavian travelled there to meet him. Negotiations dragged on until late July or early August. Antony apparently had to be persuaded by his wife Octavia to support Octavian against Sextus.<ref>{{harvnb|Pelling|1996|p=26|ps=, citing {{harvnb|Plut. ''Ant''.|loc=35}}, among others.}}</ref>

They agreed to strip Sextus of his augurate and future consulship. Octavian would wait a year to attack Sextus and would receive 120 ships from Antony in exchange for 20,000 men and 1,000 elite troops.{{sfn|Pelling|1996|p=26}} The triumvirate also had uncomfortably expired at the end of 38&nbsp;BC. Normal republican practice had magistrates abdicate their offices at the close of their terms; the triumvirs' terms had ended, but they had not abdicated. Nor were any successors appointed. Regardless, the legal position of the triumvirs was of little practical relevance. Making a show of constitutionalism, the triumvirate was then renewed by law for another five years, to expire on the last day of 33&nbsp;BC.{{sfn|Pelling|1996|pp=26–27}}