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History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceSep 23, 2026
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".
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Doges of Venicehistodons
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceSep 21, 2026
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".
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histodonsMagister Militum
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceSep 4, 2026
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
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceSep 1, 2026
The letters of Cassiodorus
The earliest written source related to the inhabitants of the Venetian lagoons, is a letter from Cassiodorus, written in 537.
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histodonsOrigin of Venice
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceAug 27, 2026
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
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceAug 24, 2026
The Exarchate and the Papacy
Venetia existed within the Exarchate of Ravenna, as part of the Byzantine Empire, and what happened in the Exarchate mattered to Venetia.
Exarchate of Ravennahistodons
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceAug 11, 2026
Marcellus — Byzantine or Venetian?
The second doge of Venice, Marcellus, might not have been a Venetian duke, but a Byzantine official.
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Doges of Venicehistodons
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceAug 9, 2026
The Dogado and the first doges
Venice started as a Byzantine duchy, ruled by a "dux", but at some point, they started choosing their own dux — or doge. When, or even who, is not clear.
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histodonsOrigin of Venice
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceAug 6, 2026
Paulicius — the first doge of Venice?
Was the first doge really the first? Did he even exist? And if he didn't, why is he there? There are some serious questions about doge Paulicius (697·717) to be examined.
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Early Venice
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceJul 9, 2026
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"
Byzantiumhistodons
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceJul 2, 2026
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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Geographyhistodons
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceJun 25, 2026
Exarchs of Ravenna
An incomplete list of the Byzantine exarchs (vice-emperors) of the Exarchate of Ravenna.
Early Venice
Venetian Stories
Venetian StoriesJun 23, 2026
Episode 31 — The world of Venetia
The Venetians fleeing the Lombards migrated into the lagoons along the Adriatic coast. Lagoons in the plural, as there were several, but what kind of environment was that, why was it there, and how did the Venetian settle in?
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600s700s
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceJun 21, 2026
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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histodonsLombards
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceJun 15, 2026
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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histodonsInvasions
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceJun 12, 2026
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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histodonsIstoria Veneticorum
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceJun 8, 2026
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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histodonsInvasions
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceJun 4, 2026
The “Chronicon Altinate”
The "Chronicon Altinate" is one of the central medieval sources to early Venetian history, used extensively since it was written.
Chronicon Altinatehistodons
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceMay 24, 2026
Main sources for early Venice
A summary of the main primary sources for the early history of Venice, and where to find them.
histodonsVenezia
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceMay 18, 2026
Did Narses invite the Lombards?
Why did the Lombards decide to invade Byzantine Italy in 568? A popular story was the Byzantine general Narses, who had just retaken Italy for the empire, invited them. Was Narses a traitor to the empire?
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histodonsInvasions
History Walks in Venice
History Walks in VeniceMay 5, 2026
The invasion of Venetia — Paul the Deacon
The Lombard invasion of Venetia in 568 — from "Historia Langobardorum" by Paul the Deacon.
histodonsHistoria Langobardorum

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