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History Walks in Venice
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Oct 9, 2026
Expulsion of the Venetians (c. 787)
Translation of a letter from pope Adrian I to Charlemagne, about the expulsion of all Venetians from the lands of the former Exarchate.
Early Venice
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Oct 5, 2026
The “Galbaio” dynasty
Mauricius and Giovanni Galbaio were the seventh and eighth doges of Venice. Together, they ruled the duchy for almost four decades.
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Doges of Venice
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Early Venice
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 28, 2026
Domenicus Monegarius
Domenicus Monegarius was the sixth doge of Venice, from 765, following the deposition and blinding of duke Galla, and was blinded and deposed in 764.
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Doges of Venice
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 25, 2026
Galla — a most wicked man
Galla, the fifth doge of Venice, only ruled for one year, which was marked by violence.
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Origin of Venice
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".
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Doges of Venice
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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 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.
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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 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 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 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 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.
Early Venice
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 25, 2026
Exarchs of Ravenna
An incomplete list of the Byzantine exarchs (vice-emperors) of the Exarchate of Ravenna.
Early Venice
Venetian Stories
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Jun 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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600s
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700s
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
History Walks in Venice
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Jun 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.
histodons
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Invasions
History Walks in Venice
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Jun 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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Istoria Veneticorum
History Walks in Venice
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Jun 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.
histodons
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Invasions
History Walks in Venice
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Jun 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.
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Chronicon Altinate
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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May 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.
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Venezia
History Walks in Venice
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May 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?
histodons
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Invasions
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