Peter II Orseolo – Dux Veneticorum et Dalmaticorum

Autor analizira ekspediciju dužda Petra II. Orseola god. 1000. u Dalmaciju, koja je poznata po izvješću Ivana Đakona; utvrđuje nejasnoće tog izvješća o pravom značenju te ekspedicije i pri tome u prvom redu uzima u obzir unutrašnje stanje Mletaka u doba te ekspedicije; prikazuje borbu dviju tendencija u mletačkim vodećim porodicama: pristajanje uz Njemačko Carstvo, kojem je na čelu bila porodica Kandijana, ili uže povezivanje s Bizantom, za koje se zalagala porodica Orseolo. Pobijedila je drugonavedena tendencija dolaskom na vlast Petra II. Orseola, koji je u najtješnjoj suradnji s Bizantom poduzeo s mletačkom flotom pohod sve do Korčule. Taj je pohod bio Bizantu vrlo važan zbog njegove borbe sa Samuilom, jer mu je cilj bio odvlačenje dijela Samuilovih snaga na zapad, ali je bio od velike koristi i za Mletke, jer je Bizant za naplatu mletačke intervencije bio prisiljen ustupiti stvarnu vlast nad kvarnerskim otocima, pridržavajući za sebe samo formalni suverenitet nad njima. Kao daljnji primjer nove snažne nazočnosti Mletaka na Jadranu autor analizira i pomoć koju je Petar II. Orseolo pružio bizantskome Bariju 1003. godine. O toj pomoći sačuvan je dragocjen grafit na otočiću blizu mjesta Vieste na Garganu.The author analyzes doge Peter II Orseolo’s expedition to Dalmatia in the year 1000 which is known from John the Deacon’s report, looks at the ambiguities of this report and in doing so pays particular attention to the interior affairs of Venice at the time of the expedition and describes the conflict of two tendencies amongst the leading families in Venice: alignment with the German Empire headed at the time by the Candian family or closer connections with Byzantium which was advocated by the Orseolo family. The second option prevailed when Peter II Orseolo came to power, when in close cooperation with Byzantium he undertook a campaign with the Venetian fleet all the way to the island of Korčula. For Byzantium this campaign was very important because of their struggle with Samuil since the goal was to draw away a part of Samuil’s forces to the West but it was also of immense advantage to the Venetians because Byzantium, in order to pay for Venetian intervention, was forced to give up real authority over the Kvarner islands, retaining a mere formal sovereignty over them. As another example of a new powerful presence of the Venetians on the Adriatic the author analyzes the aid which Peter II Orseolo gave to Bari under Byzantine rule in 1003. A precious graphite on an island near the settlement Vieste on Gargano testifies to this aid