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The “Chronicon Altinate”

The "Chronicon Altinate" is one of the central medieval sources to early Venetian history, used extensively since it was written.

8h ago·5 min read·849 words

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 cont…

1d ago·20 min read·3935 words

Kings of the Lombards

The Kingdom of the Lombards played a major role in early Venetian history, as it was the Lombard invasion of Italy in 568 which started the formation of later Venice.

May 28·2 min read·396 words

Main sources for early Venice

A summary of the main primary sources for the early history of Venice, and where to find them.

May 24·7 min read·1217 words

Liber Pontificalis — John III

The "Liber Pontificalis" on how a Byzantine general invited the Lombards to come and possess Italy, if they pleased.

May 19·6 min read·1039 words

Did Narses invite the Lombards?

Why did the Lombards decide to invade Byzantine Italy in 568? A popular story was the Byzantine general Narses, who had just retaken Italy for the empire, invited them. Was Narses a traitor to the emp…

May 18·12 min read·2207 words

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.

May 15·14 min read·2770 words

Pliny the Elder on Venetia

Excerpts related to "Venetia" and the "Veneti" from the "Naturalis Historia" by Pliny the Elder (1st century)

May 8·5 min read·998 words

The invasion of Venetia — Paul the Deacon

The Lombard invasion of Venetia in 568 — from "Historia Langobardorum" by Paul the Deacon.

May 5·16 min read·3198 words

Alboin and Rosamund — Paul the Deacon

A royal marriage and its tragic end, between Alboin, king of the Lombards, and Rosamund, a Gepid princess.

May 3·13 min read·2496 words

Gentildonne — Noblewomen — Grevembroch 1-136

"Gentildonne" (Noblewomen) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.

Apr 30·3 min read·586 words

The Justinian plague — Paul the Deacon

An account of the bubonic plague in Italy — also called the Justinian plague — from "Historia Langobardorum" by Paul the Deacon.

Apr 27·8 min read·1427 words