A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . theByzantine power had so far maintained itself was the countryalong the Venetian coast. From this region were g()^erned alsothe Dalmatian islands, which lay opposite. In 804 an armed revolt CUAKLEMAGNE RECOGNIZED AS EMPEROR BY BYZANTIUM. 79 put an end to the power of the Byzantine dukes in that ([ also was carried away by the movement, and in 805 bothdistricts voluntarily submitted to Charlemagne. Both countrieswere added to the Lombard kingdom ruled by King Pepin. Ap-parently this did not
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . theByzantine power had so far maintained itself was the countryalong the Venetian coast. From this region were g()^erned alsothe Dalmatian islands, which lay opposite. In 804 an armed revolt CUAKLEMAGNE RECOGNIZED AS EMPEROR BY BYZANTIUM. 79 put an end to the power of the Byzantine dukes in that ([ also was carried away by the movement, and in 805 bothdistricts voluntarily submitted to Charlemagne. Both countrieswere added to the Lombard kingdom ruled by King Pepin. Ap-parently this did not please the crafty Venetians, who were perhapsendeavoring, in the midst of the dispute between the two empires,to free themselves from both, and become independent. At allevents, the appearance of a Byzantine fleet in their waters gave theupper hand for a time to the party which preferred to serve theremote and powerhss emperor of the East, rather than the mightyruler of the Franks and his son Pepin, who was so inconvenientlynear. But Pepins successes in arms outweighed the advantage.
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