Cessi, Roberto. Documenti relativi alla storia di Venezia anteriori al Mille Padova Gregoriana, 1940
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.
A list of some of the main events of the Lombard conquest of Byzantine Venetia and other parts of Italy.
A summary of the main primary sources for the early history of Venice, and where to find them.