Cessi (1933) Origo civitatum Italie seu Venetiarum
Cessi, Roberto. Origo civitatum Italie seu Venetiarum : (Chronicon Altinate et Chronicon Gradense). Roma Tipografia del Senato, 1933
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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”.
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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
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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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.