▁to ▁a ▁renew ed ▁wave ▁of ▁re bell ion ▁against ▁imperial ▁authority ▁in ▁Italy ; ▁the ▁Pope ▁even ▁an ath emat ized ▁Paul . ▁In ▁ 7 2 6 / 2 7 , ▁the ▁R aven na ▁itself ▁rose ▁in ▁revol t , ▁den oun cing ▁both ▁Ex arch ▁Paul ▁and ▁Emperor ▁Leo ▁III , ▁and ▁over th rew ▁those ▁officers ▁who ▁remained ▁loyal . ▁Paul ▁r al lied ▁the ▁loyal ist ▁forces ▁and ▁attempted ▁to ▁restore ▁order , ▁but ▁was ▁killed . ▁The ▁arm ies ▁discussed ▁elect ing ▁their ▁own ▁em peror ▁and ▁march ing ▁on ▁Constantin ople , ▁but ▁when ▁they ▁sought ▁the ▁advice ▁of ▁the ▁Pope , ▁he ▁dis su aded ▁them ▁from ▁acting ▁against ▁the ▁sitting ▁em peror . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Roberto ▁C ess i , ▁the ▁person ▁that ▁John ▁the ▁De acon ' s ▁chron icle ▁gave ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁do ge ▁of ▁Ven ice , ▁Paolo ▁Lu cio ▁An af esto , ▁was ▁actually ▁the ▁Ex arch ▁Paul . ▁It ▁is ▁thought ▁that ▁this ▁do ge ▁was ▁a ▁fict ive ▁in vention ▁extracted ▁from ▁a ▁source ▁John ▁used ▁to ▁make ▁this ▁claim . ▁Paul ' s ▁mag ister ▁milit um , ▁Mar cell us ▁T eg al li anus ▁was ▁given ▁as ▁the ▁second ▁do ge ▁and ▁this ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁fict ive ▁elabor ation . ▁More ▁recent ▁histor ians ▁think ▁that ▁this ▁Paul ▁was ▁a ▁Lomb ard ▁du ke , ▁probably ▁the ▁du ke ▁of ▁Tre vis o . ▁