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The Lombard invasion of Byzantine Italy in 568 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.
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Past episodes in the “Early Venice” series.
- Episode 3 — The Roman and Byzantine period
- Episode 27 — Cassiodorus
- Episode 28 — The early sources
- Episode 29 — The Lombard Invasion
- Episode 30 — Venetia Maritima
- Episode 31 — The world of Venetia
- Episode 32 — The first doges of Venice
- Episode 33 — The Demise of the Exarchate
- Episode 34 — The Duchy of the Venetians
- Episode 35 — Patriarchs galore
History Wallks
External
- History of the Langobards by Paul the Deacon, translated by William Dudley Foulke (1906)
- Liber Pontificalis, translated by Louise Ropes Loomis (1916)
Bibliography
- Hodgkin, Thomas. Italy and her invaders, 553–600, Volume V, 2nd ed. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1916.
- Loomis, Louise Ropes. The book of the popes (Liber pontificalis). New York, Columbia University Press, 1916. [more] 🔗
- Paulus : Diaconus and William Dudley Foulke (translator). History of the Langobards. New York Longmans, Green & Co., 1907. [more] 🔗
- Paulus : Diaconus, Antonio Zanella (translator) and Bruno Luiselli. Storia dei longobardi. Milano BUR, 2000 (6th ed.). [more]
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