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Deusdedit Hypatos

Deusdedit was the fourth doge of Venice, ruling from 742 to 755, but we know little more about him than of the previous doges and the "magistri militum".

Doges of Venicehistodons

The five “magistri militum”

From 737 to 742 the Duchy of the Venetians wasn't ruled by dukes, but by military commanders with the Byzantine title of "magister militum".

histodonsMagister Militum

Doges of the 700s — Chronica per extensum descripta

The doges Deusdedit (742-755), Galla (755–756), Domenico Monegario (756–764), Maurizio Galbaio (764–787) and his son Giovanni (787–804), from the "Chronica per extensum descripta" (1340s) by Andrea Dandolo.

Andrea DandoloChronica per extensum descripta

Doges of the 700s — John the Deacon

The doges Deusdedit (742-755), Galla (755–756), Domenico Monegario (756–764), Maurizio Galbaio (764–787) and his son Giovanni (787–804), from the "Istoria Veneticorum" by John the Deacon.

Doges of Venicehistodons

Hildeprand in Ravenna — Chronica per extensum descripta

The Lombard attack on Ravenna, and the Venetian intervention to restore the Exarchate, excerpt from the "Chronica per extensum descripta" (1340s) by Andrea Dandolo.

Andrea DandoloChronica per extensum descripta

Hildeprand in Ravenna — John the Deacon

The Lombard conquest of Ravenna and how the Venetians saved the Exarchate (730s or 740s), excerpt from the "Istoria Veneticorum" by John the Deacon.

Exarchate of Ravennahistodons

The death of Paulicius — Chronicon Altinate

The Chronicon Altinate contains an apocryphal account of how duke Paulicius was killed in a factional fight between people from Equilo and Heraclia.

Chronicon Altinatehistodons

Pactum Lotharii (840)

The Pactum Lotharii was a treaty between the Duchy of the Venetians and the Holy Roman Empire, or parts thereof, from 840.

histodonsPactum Lotharii

Ursus Hypatos — third and first doge of Venice

Ursus Hypatos was the third doge of Venice, likely the first chosen locally, but we have almost no sources for him.

histodonsOrigin of Venice

The letters of Cassiodorus

The earliest written source related to the inhabitants of the Venetian lagoons, is a letter from Cassiodorus, written in 537.

histodonsOrigin of Venice

Hildeprand in Ravenna — Paul the Deacon

In the 730s or early 740s, Hildeprand, nephew of king Liutprand, and Peredeo, duke of Vicenza, managed to take Ravenna, the capital of the Exarchate of Ravenna.

histodonsHistoria Langobardorum

The demise of the Exarchate

The events around the demise of the Exarchate of Ravenna only involved the Venetians marginally. It is nevertheless important to the history of Venice.

Exarchate of RavennaFranks