Two Venetian merchants, a Rustico from Torcello and a Bon from Malamocco, brought from Alexandria in Egypt the stolen remains of St. Mark the Evangelist in 828 (see, e.g., “Where Nothing Can Happen Ever Again,” April 11, 1995). The remains ushered the golden age of the city. It has long been hypothesized that little worth mentioning went the other way (see, e.g., “Venice, Europe: A Letter to The Economist,” December 25, 2006). But it is entirely possible that the two merchants were actually trading in slaves (“The Slave Road,” September 15, 2019). And slave trade was actually at the foundations of Venice’s glory. Chances are that Slavs played a major rôle in this endeavor. New to the Adriatic coast familiar to Venetians, they were an easy prey, as well. In addition, they must have been a cherished merchandise in the Middle East and beyond on account of their fair skin and blond hair. There, the story of St. Mark’s remains rounded off in a most plausible way.