As a result, Venice was left in what has been described as the unusual “position of [a] small independent... duchy, situated in territorial isolation between two great empires, ” the Franks and the Byzantines.
Alhasil, Venesia menjadi apa yang digambarkan sebagai ” daerah merdeka kecil ” yang istimewa, ” yang terletak di antara dua imperium besar ”, Imperium Frank dan Imperium Bizantium.