Venezia
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Doges of the 700s — Chronica per extensum descripta
The doges Deusdedit (742-755), Galla (755–756), Domenico Monegario (756–764), Maurizio Galbaio (764–787) and his son Giovanni (787–804), from the “Chronica per extensum descripta” (1340s) by Andrea Dandolo.
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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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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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Pactum Lotharii (840)
The Pactum Lotharii was a treaty between the Duchy of the Venetians and the Holy Roman Empire, or parts thereof, from 840.
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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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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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Translatio Marci Evangelistae Venetias (English)
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.
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De Administrando Imperio
Translation of the parts related to Venice of the “De Administrando Imperio” (c.950) by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.