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In 452 the first great flight to the Lagunes, from Attila             
                                                                      		Odoacer establishes Kingdom of Italy, Capital Ravenna, 476
                                                                      		Odoacer besieged for three years in Ravenna;  Ravenna
                                                                      		taken by Theodoric 493
                                                                      		Both these princes were undisturbed masters of the
Observe: naval  power of Venetians in 536-540:  under Ostrogoths -    		old Venetia by land and sea:  and the successes
 better quoted p 15 Fr.                                               		of Theodoric remained so: till the struggle by the
Theodoric, Now Note Lord Lindsay on his tomb, p 36 letter 1st.        		Greeks for possession of Italy under Justinian
                                                                      		when I find Belisarius besieging Ravenna with
                                                                      		the help of the fleet of the Venetians of the lagunes.
                                                                      		Thus the alliance with the Greeks is marked from the
                                                                      		first;  and just at time of invention of cupola: or at
St Sophia rebuilt by Justinian-:                                      		least of bringing it into Italy;
                                                                      		But the Venetians of Terre Firma hold for Ostrogoths
                                                                      		those of the coast: for the Greeks, during the struggle
                                                                      		which followed between Totila and Narses - Note
                                                                      		Adria, Altrium, Concordia Aquleia:  towns of the coast.
Now note:  For San Vitale we have according to Lord Lindsay           		At last the Greeks conquer in 555 or 553 (Lord Lindsay)
the square basketwork capital:  This will therefore assuredly         		Narses the first  exarch of Ravenna:  St Vitale, Church
carry me further back than any of the Lombard ones                    		of built there by Justinian, Lord Lindsay p 65
Mahomet’s flight, the hegira in 622, note Mahomet saved by            		he leaps from this to Sta Fosca very unjustifiably.
Spiders and Pigeons p 155 bas reliefs and beaking Pigeon, p 159.      		I
                                                                      		Descents of the Lombards under Alboin on Venetia
                                                                      		in 641 Aquileia Altinum Concordia, are finally

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