The Duchy of the Pentapolis was a Byzantine province, under the Exarchate of Ravenna, located south of Ravenna. The five cities were Rimini, Pesaro, Fano, Senigaglia and Ancona.
The Liber Pontificalis for Gregory II (715–731), recounts in great detail the conflicts between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Papacy, with repeated attempts at the life of the pope.
This document is the earliest description of the translation of St Mark to Venice in 827–828, and also of early Venice. This is a translation by René Seindal.