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was expedient for Doukas, but did not mean the abandonment of his own designs on
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in the south. Unable and unwilling to undertake the effort necessary confront him, the
Venetians preferred to conclude a compromise treaty with Doukas in June 1210, which recognized him as ruler of Epirus, but as the nominal vassal of Venice, which had claimed this territory since 1204. This treaty
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