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Episode 30 — Venetia Maritima

The invasion of the Lombards in 568 set in motion another migration. A part of the people of the Byzantine province of Venetia fled the Lombards, and headed for the areas which remained under the control of Constantinople.

A century later, the only territories not controlled by the Lombards were the lagoons from Grado in the north to Cavarzere in the south. This area was initially called Venetia Maritima, and later, the Duchy of the Venetians, or in Venetian: the dogado.

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