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Thats right lets make the Venetian Republic at its height equal to Rome at its height. I believe the greatest threat to Venetian power was the rise of Ottoman power in the Mediteranean. I'm thinking instead of having the Genoese Republic and Venetian Republic duke it out have them form an alliance to protect Byzantium.