Maritime Venice

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Maritime Venice (Italian: Venezia marittima; Latin: Venetia Maritima; Greek: Bενετικὰ, romanized: Venetikà) or Byzantine Venice was a territory of the Byzantine Empire within the Exarchate of Ravenna (also known as the "Exarchate of Italy") and corresponding to the coastal belt of ancient Venetia, the Venetian Lagoon on the coast of present-day Veneto, and Friuli-Venezia Giulia.^[1] The territory did not include hinterland of the Euganean Venice, which since the end of the sixth century was under the control of the Lombards.

Venezia Marittima was a vast peripheral area of the Byzantine domains in Italy, characterized by a patchwork of settlements without major urban centers. The precarious geographical conditions favored new social and economic models, stemming from the traditional Roman lagoon activities such as fishing, glass production, and salt extraction.^{[citation needed]}