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The first doges — John the Deacon

The account of the election of the first three doges of Venice (Pauluccio, Marcello and Orso), from the "Istoria Veneticorum" by John the Deacon.

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Venetia et Histria

The name Venice is from the ancient tribe of the Veneti, whose lands became a Roman province, with the name of "Venetia et Histria"

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Lagoon settlements in the early Middle Ages

The lagoon was settled in Antiquity, and in the 600s, there were numerous known towns, and several important cities. Venice, however, was not one of them.

The Medieval Landscape

There were more lagoons on the coast of Venetia than what exists today, and even the lagoon landscapes were different. In fact, had it been left to nature, there would have been no lagoons today.

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The settlements of the lagoons — John the Deacon

The list of lagoon settlements before the year 1000, from the "Istoria Veneticorum" by John the Deacon.

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Exarchs of Ravenna

An incomplete list of the Byzantine exarchs (vice-emperors) of the Exarchate of Ravenna.

Venetian refugees

Following the Lombard invasion and conquest of Venetia, a part of the Venetian population of the mainland cities fled or left for the settlements in the nearby lagoons.

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The conquest of Venetia — Paul the Deacon

The account of the Lombard conquest of the remaining parts of Byzantine Venetia in the 600s — from "Historia Langobardorum" by Paul the Deacon.

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The conquest of Venetia — Paul the Deacon

The account of the Lombard conquest of the remaining parts of Byzantine Venetia in the 600s — from "Historia Langobardorum" by Paul the Deacon.

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The conquest of Venetia

The invasion of the Lombards in 568 was only the first part of the Lombard conquest of the Byzantine province of Venetia.

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The “Istoria Veneticorum” by John the Deacon

The "Istoria Veneticorum" from around the year 1000, is the first work in the historiography of Venice.

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Chronology of the Lombard invasion

A list of some of the main events of the Lombard conquest of Byzantine Venetia and other parts of Italy.

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