Podcast: Venetian Stories
A podcast of Venetian Stories — episodes from the History of Venice from the time of Augustus until today.
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Episode 34 — The Duchy of the Venetians
As the Venetians came into their own, politics within the dogado was turbulent, factional, and often violent. Most of the early doges met a rather sticky end.
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Episode 33 — The Demise of the Exarchate
The events around the demise of the Exarchate of Ravenna only involved the Venetians marginally. It is nevertheless important to the history of Venice.
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Episode 32 — The first doges of Venice
Who were the first doges of Venice, and when and why did the Venetians decide to chose their own leaders? TL;DR It wasn’t as we’ve been told it was.
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Episode 31 — The world of Venetia
The Venetians fleeing the Lombards migrated into the lagoons along the Adriatic coast. Lagoons in the plural, as there were several, but what kind of environment was that, why was it there, and how did the Venetian settle in?
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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.
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Episode 29 — The Lombard Invasion
The Lombard invasion of Byzantine Italy in 568 was a pivotal event in Venetian history, as it kicked off the movement towards a distinct Venetian society, culture and, ultimately, state.
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Episode 28 — The early sources
The principal primary sources for the earliest period of Venice are not many, but their history is rather messy.
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Episode 27 — Cassiodorus
A letter to the people of the lagoons from the Ostrogoth government, from 537.
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Episode 25 — The Venetian Carnival
Pigs and bulls lose in the alleyways, wooden castles smashed with maces, human towers and funambulists. The Venetian carnival was quite unlike the modern replica.