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Venetian StoriesJul 15, 2026

Remembering the plague

A unique eyewitness account of one of the worst plague epidemics in Venetian history, from a very well-placed observer.

1500sPlague

History Walks in VeniceJul 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 Venicehistodons

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 VeniceJul 5, 2026

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.

venezia

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.

Geographyhistodons

History Walks in VeniceJun 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.

Dogadohistodons

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 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?

600s700s

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.

histodonsLombards

History Walks in VeniceJun 18, 2026

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.

histodonsInvasions

History Walks in VeniceJun 18, 2026

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.

histodonsInvasions

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.

histodonsInvasions