He was 55 years old (he was born in 1150), the son of Doge Sebastiano (1172-1178), who was rich, very rich, but also wise.
In fact, having acquired the right to possess several lands in the Latin Empire of the East (formerly the Roman Empire of the East), the new doge knew how to wisely choose the most appropriate maritime bases for trade, organising the state from the sea, choosing to assign most of that empire to capable and eager Venetians, through strict vassalage control.
In other words, Venice, for financial reasons, but also to accelerate its takeover of the inher
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