Monticolo (1890) Cronache veneziane antichissime
Monticolo, Giovanni. Cronache veneziane antichissime. Roma Forzani e C. tipografi del Senato, 1890.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.