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History Walks in Venice
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Sep 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".
Doges of Venice
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 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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Magister Militum
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 19, 2026
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 Dandolo
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Chronica per extensum descripta
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 17, 2026
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 Venice
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 14, 2026
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 Dandolo
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Chronica per extensum descripta
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 12, 2026
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 Ravenna
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 10, 2026
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 Altinate
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 7, 2026
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.
histodons
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Pactum Lotharii
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 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.
histodons
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Origin of Venice
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 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.
histodons
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Origin of Venice
History Walks in Venice
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Aug 30, 2026
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.
histodons
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Historia Langobardorum
History Walks in Venice
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Aug 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 Ravenna
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Franks
History Walks in Venice
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Aug 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 Ravenna
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Aug 22, 2026
Zachary — Liber Pontificalis
An excerpt of the "Liber Pontificalis" for Pope Zachary about Lombard attacks on Ravenna around 742.
Exarchate of Ravenna
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Aug 18, 2026
John VI — Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis
The eventful reign of John VI, bishop of Ravenna (726–744), from the "Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis".
histodons
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History Walks
History Walks in Venice
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Aug 11, 2026
Marcellus — Byzantine or Venetian?
The second doge of Venice, Marcellus, might not have been a Venetian duke, but a Byzantine official.
Doges of Venice
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Aug 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.
histodons
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Origin of Venice
History Walks in Venice
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Aug 3, 2026
The first doges — Chronicon Altinate
The account of the election of the first three doges of Venice (Pauluccio, Marcello and Orso), from the anonymous "Chronicon Altinate".
Chronicon Altinate
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Jul 31, 2026
The first doges — Chronica per extensum descripta
The first doges, from the "Chronica per extensum descripta" (1340s) by Andrea Dandolo.
Andrea Dandolo
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Chronica per extensum descripta
History Walks in Venice
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Jul 12, 2026
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.
Doges of Venice
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Jul 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"
Byzantium
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Jul 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.
Geography
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Jun 28, 2026
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.
Dogado
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Jun 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.
histodons
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Lombards
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