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Venetians: The First Doge
Venetians: The First Doge
Venetians: The First Doge
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Two brothers were raised on a remote farm, their identity hidden and their nobility claim unknown to them. The day they discovered who their true parents were, a barbarian horde abruptly pillaged their farmhouse. The brothers miraculously escaped, but in opposite directions and unaware of each others survival. The younger brother reached the capital Byzantium hoping for the Emperors support, only to find out that in seventh century Europe his titles could only be defended with the sword. The older brother was rescued by Cimbrians, a mountain community that sheltered him from the Longobards, a Germanic tribe that at the time ruthlessly ruled most of Italy.

As the Longobards and the Byzantines clashed, the two brothers managed to overcome life-threatening challenges, and thrived as merchants in an age of perpetual war. The younger brother succeeded in reopening sea routes from the northern shores of the Adriatic to the Middle East. The older brother expanded the river trade that connected the Alps to the sea.

It was only natural that where rivers meet the sea, the two brothers would reunite. In that swampy marshland, too deep for Longobard horses and two shallow for Byzantine ships, they found the ideal cove to lay the foundations for a future commercial empire. Those few huts on stilts were the beginning of a trading community that would become the city of Venice. One of the two brothers became the first Doge, one of several historical figures depicted in this epic.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateJan 11, 2017
ISBN9781524658908
Venetians: The First Doge
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Lodovico Pizzati

Born and raised in Valdagno, between Venice and Verona, Lodovico Pizzati has then lived for study and work in the United States. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Georgetown University. He has done field work for the World Bank in Eastern European countries. He has published two books on European Union’s integration, as well as other articles in academic journals. He taught as Visiting Professor at the University of Venice, and he is currently teaching Economics at University of Southern California. Along with his professional work as an economist, the author also published a Venetian-English dictionary as part of his interest and dedication to Venetian cultural heritage. Lodovico Pizzati currently lives with his wife and three children in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

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