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==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Spring &ndash; The Venetian [[Dux|dukes]] change sides again, submitting to King [[Pepin of Italy|Pepin]], under the authority of his father [[Charlemagne]], who then proceeds to take [[Venice]]. Emperor [[Nikephoros I]] sends a [[Byzantine fleet]] to [[Dalmatia]], prompting Pepin to withdraw to the mainland. A [[Papal apocrisiarius|legate]] is dispatched to Venice, where he deposes the [[turncoat]] dukes, before continuing on to [[Aachen]], to negotiate a peace with Charlemagne. Charlemagne recognises [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] dominance over Venice and Dalmatia in the [[Adriatic Sea]].