republic of venice

I just want to possibly start a forum for a timeline in which the Ottomans never conquer Albania, but Albania is under control of the Republic of Venice. In this scenario I would think that the boundaries of Venetian Albania would be around its modern day borders. I would be interested to see...

For two centuries the Venetian Republic had fought a series of costly wars against the Turks. Although small, the Republic leveraged its wealth and sea power to contest the Eastern Mediterranean against the greatest military power of its age. In 1669, the island of Crete- Venice’s most prized...

Now as we all know the Venetian Republic once ruled over a not insignificant empire in the Aegean and Adriatic seas, as well as controlling a vast mercantile sphere of influence before being pushed out by the Ottomans and entering a steady decline until 1797, when Napoleon occupied it without a...

Though the Battle of Lepanto was a significant defeat for the Ottoman Empire, it was a much less severe blow to them than losing Cyprus was to the Republic of Venice. Ottoman Grand Vizier Mehmed Sokullu boasted to Venetian emissary Marcantonio Barbaro that it was the difference between a shaved...

What is the Plausablility of the Italian City States, 1100AD, Unifying into a sort of 'United States of Italy'? and if so, how powerful would said State be? Would it be Capable of becoming a expansionary and effective Mediterranean superpower? (remember, Rome started off like this:) Rome...

What if the Republic of Venice was never established? How might things be altered?

What if the expected crusader force of 33,500 had gathered in Venice, and was thus able to pay the Venetians? How likely would the expedition be to succeed? And what impact would this have on the Byzantine Empire?

Brief Synopsis: The long reign of Stjepan I Držislav was a fruitful one for the Kingdom of Croatia, but the issue of succession had become an ominous threat for his realm, as there were three brothers vying for their chance to shine and continue their father's legacy. Svetoslav, the eldest...

The Fourth Crusade is generally regarded as a disaster, since rather than completing its intended objectives, it ended up dramatically weakening and dividing Christendom. The basic plan of the Crusade went something like this: the Republic of Venice would build a fleet to transport a crusader...