Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Venice had no Roman history, so it imported one. This video - shot on location in St. Mark's Square - explains how.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:10 Spoils of the Fourth Crusade
1:52 The Piazzetta and its columns
3:19 The Tetrarchs
4:53 The Pilastri Acritani
5:57 Two bits of porphyry
6:57 The Horses of St. Mark
7:47 A Byzantine view