The area to the north-west of the Adriatic Sea, where several rivers flow from the Alps, was inhabited since ancient times by fishermen and sailors. This area was part of the region created by Auguste X and was a religious center and important port.
The invasions of Alaric I Goths and Huns of Attila forced local populations to take refuge in the marsh islands along the Adriatic Sea, near the Po delta. In 452, the first institution was founded by refugees from Padua and Aquileia. The region fell subsequently, to the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths and was recovered with the rest of Italy by General Belisarius, becoming a province of the Eastern Roman Empire under Justinian II.
The city of Venice was founded in the late sixth century by people from neighboring regions who were seeking refuge in the islands of the lagoon, following the invasion of northern Italy by the Lombards in 568. Indeed, this marshy area was difficult to access for ships and remained under the jurisdiction of the Exarchate of Ravenna, in the province of the Eastern Roman Empire. This area was originally a shelter in the Roman-Byzantine civilization, but as it developed, it eventually achieved independence.
The city of Venice did not truly become independent until the withdrawal of the Byzantines in the Adriatic, shortly after the year 1000, during the emergence of the Kingdom of Hungary.
The salt trade led to a strong growth of the city. In the fourteenth century, Venice was the most important port of the Mediterranean, edging out its former metropolis Constantinople. Venice has maintained its cultural influence, becoming the European city's most elegant and refined of the eighteenth century, with a strong influence on art, architecture and literature.
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