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421: 25 March (Friday) – Venice is founded, according to legend, with the establishment of a trading-post on the islands of the Rialto and a church dedicated to St. James by three consuls from Padua
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Paolo Lucio Anafesto (697–717) first doge , dependent on the Exarchate of Ravenna
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The successors of Obelerio inherited a united Venice. By the Pax Nicephori (803-814), the two emperors had recognised that Venice belonged to the Byzantine sphere of influence. Many centuries later, the Venetians claimed that the treaty had recognised Venetian de facto independence, but the truth of this claim is doubted by modern scholars
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Obelerio Antenoreo (804–811) exiled, attempted to return to power, killed & head displayed in the market
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Pietro IV Candiano (959–976) people of Venice locked him in palace with son while it burned
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Pietro Barbolano (1026–1032) abdicated under heavy pressure to reinstate Otto Orseolo
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In the High Middle Ages, Venice became extremely wealthy through its control of trade between Europe and the Levant, and it began to expand into the Adriatic Sea and beyond. In 1084, Domenico Selvo personally led a fleet against the Normans, but he was defeated and lost nine great galleys, the largest and most heavily armed ships in the Venetian war fleet. Venice was involved in the Crusades almost from the very beginning.
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Marino Faliero (1354–1355) – convicted of treason, executed and condemned to damnatio memoriae
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Marino Faliero (1354–1355) – convicted of treason, executed and condemned to damnatio memoriae
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Francesco Foscari (1423–1457) – forced to abdicate by the Council of Ten