The last war against Genoa and the final Venetian victory. Venice in a position of primacy in trade in the Eastern Mediterranean, negotiating successfuly trade pacts with the neo-Byzantine Empire and later with the Ottoman Empire. Carrarese Padua a new enemy in the late XIV and early XV century. Discussions in the Major Council about the need to secure the immediate mainland and the hub of European land trade routes, versus the risk of overextending government resources. Spontaneous dedition of smaller cities, threatened of inglobation in the territories of the Northern Italian Signorie. Renunciation by treaty of the cities's shares of jurisdictio, in exchange for protection and privileges under the control of rectors, magistrates elected in Venice. Local institutions and law systems are maintained.