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Lombardy, 200 years. There were two brothers, Sicon and Sicardus. And Sicon held Benevento and the parts of Bari and Siponto, but Sicardus held Salerno and Capua and the parts of Calabria. And Naples was an ancient praetorium of the patricians who came down, and he who held Naples also held Sicily, and when the patrician arrived in Naples, the duke of Naples departed for Sicily. And Capua was an exceedingly great city, and it was taken by the Vandals, that is the Africans, and they destroyed it. And since it was a deserted castle, the Lombards dwelt in it. And when the Africans came against them again, Bishop Landulf built a castle at the bridge of the river, and he named it New Capua, which still exists now. Since this same Capua was built, it is 73 years. And Naples and Amalfi and Sorrento were always under the emperor of the Romans. It should be known that mastromiles is interpreted in the dialect of the Romans as "master of the army". It should be known that before the Venetians crossed over and settled in the islands in which they now dwell, they were called Henetici, and they dwelt on the mainland in these castles: castle Concordia, castle Justiniana, castle of Nonus and many other castles. It should be known that when those now called Venetians, but formerly Henetici, crossed over, they first built a strong castle, in which also today the duke of Venice sits, having the sea around it for about six miles, into which also 27 rivers enter. And there are also islands to the east of the same castle. And on these same islands those now called Venetians also built castles: castle Grado, in which there is also a great metropolis and many relics of saints are laid up in it; castle Rivoalto, castle Luliano, castle Apsano, castle Romatina, castle Licenzia, castle Pineta, which is called Strobilos, castle Vignola, castle Boes, in which there is a church of the holy apostle Peter, castle Elitualba, castle Litumankerse, castle Bronio, castle Madauco, castle Ebola, castle Pristine, castle Clugia, castle Brundo, castle Fossae, castle Lauritae. It should be known that there are also other islands in the same land of Venice. It should be known that also on the mainland in the part of Italy there are castles of the Venetians, which are these: castle Capre, castle Neocastro, castle Fines, castle Aecylo, castle Aemana, the great emporium of Torcello, castle Murano, castle Rivoalto, which is interpreted "most high place", in which the duke of Venice sits, castle Caverzenze. It should be known that there are also emporia and castella. 28 Narrative, how what is now called Venice was settled. It should be known that Venice in old times was a certain deserted, uninhabited and marshy place. But those now called Venetians were Franks from Aquileia and from the other places of Frankia, and they dwelt on the mainland opposite Venice. And when Attila, the king of the Avars, came and plundered and destroyed all the lands of Frankia, all the Franks began to flee from Aquileia and from the other castles of Frankia, and to come to the uninhabited islands of Venice and to make huts there for fear of king Attila. So when king Attila had plundered all the land of the mainland and came as far as Rome and Calabria and left Venice far behind, those who had fled for refuge to the islands of Venice, finding security and as it were shaking off their cowardice, all decided to settle there, which they also did, having dwelt there until this day. And after Attila departed, after many years king Pepin came again, who then ruled both Pavia and other kingdoms. For this Pepin had three brothers, who ruled all the Frankish and Slavonic lands. And when king Pepin came against the Venetians with a great force and many people, he encamped by land on the other side of the crossing

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Λαγουβαρδία, ἔτη σʹ. Ὑπῆρχον δὲ ἀδελφοὶ δύο, ὁ Σίκων καὶ ὁ Σίκαρδος. Καὶ ὁ μὲν Σίκων ἐκράτησε τὴν Βενεβενδὸν καὶ τὰ μέρη τῆς Βάρεως καὶ τῆς Σιπενδοῦ, ὁ δὲ Σίκαρδος τὸ Σαλερινὸν καὶ τὴν Κάπυαν καὶ τὰ μέρη τῆς Καλαβρίας. Ἡ δὲ Νεάπολις ἦν ἀρχαῖον πραιτώριον τῶν κατερχομένων πατρικίων, καὶ ὁ κρατῶν τὴν Νεάπολιν κατεῖχεν καὶ τὴν Σικελίαν, καὶ ἡνίκα κατέλαβεν ὁ πατρίκιος ἐν Νεαπόλει, ἀπήρχετο ὁ δοὺξ Νεαπόλεως ἐν Σικελίᾳ. Ἡ δὲ Κάπυα ἦν πόλις ὑπερμεγέθης, καὶ ἑάλω ὑπὸ τῶν Οὐανδήλων, ἤτοι τῶν Ἀφρικῶν, καὶ κατέλυσαν αὐτήν. Ἐρημοκάστρου δὲ οὔσης, ᾤκουν ἐν αὐτῇ οἱ Λαγούβαρδοι. Καὶ πάλιν τῶν Ἀφρικῶν ἐπερχομένων κατ' αὐτῶν, ᾠκοδόμησεν ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Λανδοῦλφος κάστρον εἰς τὴν γέφυραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ ἐπωνόμασεν αὐτὸ Κάπυαν νέαν, τὴν καὶ νῦν οὖσαν. Ἀφ' οὗ δὲ ἐκτίσθη ἡ αὐτὴ Κάπυα, εἰσὶν ἔτη ογʹ. Ἡ δὲ Νεάπολις καὶ ἡ Ἀμάλφη καὶ ἡ Συρεντὸς ὑπῆρχον ἀεὶ ὑπὸ τὸν βασιλέα Ῥωμαίων. Ἰστέον, ὅτι μαστρομίλης ἑρμηνεύεται τῇ Ῥωμαίων διαλέκτῳ "κατεπάνω τοῦ στρατοῦ". Ἰστέον, ὅτι πρὸ τοῦ περᾶσαι τοὺς Βενετίκους καὶ οἰκῆσαι εἰς τὰ νησία, εἰς ἃ νῦν οἰκοῦσιν, ἐκαλοῦντο Ἑνετικοί, καὶ κατῴκουν εἰς τὴν ξηρὰν εἰς αὐτὰ τὰ κάστρα· κάστρον Κόγκορδα, κάστρον Ἰουστινιάνα, κάστρον τοῦ Νούνου καὶ ἕτερα πλεῖστα κάστρα. Ἰστέον, ὅτι περασάντων τῶν νῦν καλουμένων Βενετίκων, πρῶτον δὲ Ἑνετικῶν, ἔκτισαν ἐν πρώτοις κάστρον ὀχυρόν, ἐν ᾧ καὶ σήμερον καθέζεται ὁ δοὺξ Βενετίας, ἔχον κυκλόθεν θάλασσαν ὡσεὶ μιλίων ἕξ, εἰς ἣν καὶ εἰσέρχονται ποταμοὶ κζʹ. Ὑπάρχουσι δὲ καὶ νῆσοι κατὰ ἀνατολὰς τοῦ αὐτοῦ κάστρου. Ἔκτισαν δὲ καὶ ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς νήσοις οἱ νῦν Βενέτικοι καλούμενοι κάστρα· κάστρον Κογράδον, ἐν ᾧ καὶ μητρό πολις ἔστιν μεγάλη καὶ πολλὰ λείψανα ἁγίων ἐν ταύτῃ ἀπόκεινται· κάστρον Ῥιβαλενσῆς, κάστρον Λουλιανόν, κάστρον Ἄψανον, κάστρον Ῥωματινά, κάστρον Λικεντζία, κάστρον Πίνεται, ὅπερ λέγεται Στρόβιλος, κάστρον Βινίολα, κάστρον Βόες, ἐν ᾧ ὑπάρχει ναὸς τοῦ ἁγίου ἀποστόλου Πέτρου, κάστρον Ἠλιτούαλβα, κάστρον Λιτουμαγκέρσης, κάστρον Βρόνιον, κάστρον Μαδαῦκον, κάστρον Ἡβόλα, κάστρον Πριστῆναι, κάστρον Κλουγία, κάστρον Βροῦνδον, κάστρον Φοσαῶν, κάστρον Λαυριτῶν. Ἰστέον, ὅτι εἰσὶ καὶ ἕτεραι νῆσοι ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ χώρᾳ Βενετίας. Ἰστέον, ὅτι καὶ ἐν τῇ στερεᾷ εἰς τὸ μέρος τῆς Ἰταλίας ὑπάρχουσι κάστρα τῶν Βενετίκων, ἅτινά εἰσιν ταῦτα· κάστρον Κάπρε, κάστρον Νεόκαστρον, κάστρον Φινές, κάστρον Αἴκυλον, κάστρον Ἀειμάνας, ἐμπόριον μέγα τὸ Τορτζελῶν, κάστρον Μουράν, κάστρον Ῥίβαλτον, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται "τόπος ὑψηλότατος", ἐν ᾧ καθέζεται ὁ δοὺξ Βενετίας, κάστρον Καβερτζέντζης. Ἰστέον, ὅτι καὶ ἐμπόρια εἰσὶ καὶ καστέλλια. 28 ∆ιήγησις, πῶς κατῳκίσθη ἡ νῦν καλουμένη Βενετία. Ἰστέον, ὅτι ἡ Βενετία τὸ μὲν παλαιὸν ἦν τόπος ἔρημός τις ἀοίκητος καὶ βαλτώδης. Οἱ δὲ νῦν καλούμενοι Βενέτικοι ὑπῆρχον Φράγγοι ἀπὸ Ἀκουϊλεγίας καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἑτέρων τόπων τῆς Φραγγίας, καὶ κατῴκουν εἰς τὴν ξηρὰν ἄντικρυ τῆς Βενετίας. Τοῦ δὲ Ἀττίλα, τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν Ἀβάρων, ἐλθόντος καὶ πάσας τὰς Φραγγίας καταληϊσαμένου καὶ ἀφανίσαντος, ἤρξαντο φεύγειν μὲν πάντες οἱ Φράγγοι ἀπὸ Ἀκουϊλεγίας καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἑτέρων τῆς Φραγγίας κάστρων, ἔρχεσθαι δὲ πρὸς τὰς ἀοικήτους νήσους τῆς Βενετίας καὶ ποιεῖν ἐκεῖσε καλύβια διὰ τὸν τοῦ βασιλέως Ἀττίλα φόβον. Αὐτοῦ οὖν τοῦ βασιλέως Ἀττίλα ληϊσαμένου πᾶσαν τὴν χώραν τῆς ξηρᾶς καὶ μέχρι Ῥώμης καὶ Καλαβρίας ἐλθόντος καὶ τὴν Βενετίαν μακρόθεν καταλιπόντος, ἄδειαν εὑρόντες οἱ προσπεφευγότες ἐν ταῖς νήσοις τῆς Βενετίας καὶ οἷον τὴν δειλίαν ἀποσεισάμενοι, ἅπαντες ἐβουλεύσαντο τοῦ κατοικῆσαι ἐκεῖσε, ὅπερ καὶ ἐποίησαν, κατοικήσαντες ἐκεῖσε μέχρι τῆς σήμερον. Μετὰ δὲ τὸ ἀναχωρῆσαι τὸν Ἀττίλαν, μετὰ χρόνους πολλοὺς παρεγένετο πάλιν Πιπῖνος ὁ ῥήξ, ὃς ἦρχε τότε τῆς τε Παπίας καὶ ἑτέρων ῥηγάτων. Εἶχεν γὰρ οὗτος ὁ Πιπῖνος ἀδελφοὺς τρεῖς, οἵτινες ἦρχον πασῶν τῶν Φραγγιῶν καὶ Σκλαβηνιῶν. Τοῦ δὲ ῥηγὸς Πιπίνου ἐλθόντος κατὰ τῶν Βενετίκων μετὰ δυνάμεως καὶ λαοῦ πολλοῦ, παρεκάθισεν διὰ τῆς ξηρᾶς ἐκεῖθεν τοῦ περάματος