The lagoon communities, however, rebelled and claimed their independence. 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.
Taču venēcieši sacēlās un pasludināja neatkarību no Bizantijas, un līdz ar to Venēcija ieguva neparastu stāvokli, kļūdama par ” mazu, neatkarīgu.. hercogisti, kas atradās teritoriālā izolācijā starp divām lielām impērijām ” — Franku valsti un Bizantiju.