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History of the customs elections. From arengo to balotin

Established in 697 the office of doge, except for an interruption (737-742), it remained uninterrupted until the end of the Republic (1797); let's see how it was born and how the methods of election of the head of the Republic of Venice changed over time.

Before the Doges

In the seventh century, the major islands of the lagoon were governed by tribunes elected by the Arengo or General Concione, a popular assembly in which the sovereignty of the young lagoon state resided. However, the tribunes had to account for their

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