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Yeah, wasn't Venice a republic for close to 1,000 years? What ultimately did in Venice was Napoleon conquering all of continental Europe.

• edgyquant 6y ago
  Eh they were essentially a monarchy by that point and power fell to the hands of a few families by the time of Marco Polo
  • fakedang 6y ago
    What's different from then and today?
    • edgyquant 6y ago
      Is this an honest question?
      • fakedang 6y ago
        Was being rhetorical.