Domenico Leoni (

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: ''Dominicus Leo Abrogatis''; life dates unknown) was a Byzantine ''

magister militum (Latin for "master of soldiers"; : ) was a top-level military command used in the late Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine the Great. The term referred to the senior military officer (equivalent to a war theatre commander, the e ...

per Venetiae'' in charge of Venice in 738. Following the murder of the doge

Orso Ipato Orso Ipato (; died 737) was, by tradition, the third Doge of Venice (726–737) and the first historically known. During his eleven-year reign, he brought great change to the Venetian navy, aided in the recapture of Ravenna from Lombard invade ...

in 737, the

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imposed administration by annual magistri militum on Venice.Órso, Enciclopedia Treccani

/ref> Domenico was the first of these officials. He was succeeded by Felice Cornicola. This period of government by magistri militum lasted until 742, when the fifth and last of such officials was deposed and the dogeship was restored.

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