In the centuries that followed, Venice went on to measure itself militarily against a number of powers that contended with it in the Mediterranean, including the Saracens, Normans, and Byzantines.
पश्‍चिमेकडील रोमन साम्राज्य लयास गेल्यानंतर सरोवरातील द्वीपे बायझंटिन साम्राज्याच्या प्रभुत्वाखाली आली.