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The Lombard Invasion
The Lombard invasion of Byzantine Italy was a pivotal event in Venetian history.
The invasion, and the conquests that followed, led to an increased importance of the lagoon settlements, to a slow demise of Byzantine control in north-east Italy, to the establishment of a semi-independent church in the lagoons, and ultimately to Venetian statehood.
The Lombard invasion, and the subsequent migration of parts of the mainland residents into the lagoons, became a central part of the later Venetian national narrative — the stories they told to explain where they came from and who they were.
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Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/early-venice/the-lombard-invasion/