Overwhelmed by more powerful forces , Doge Ludovico Manin resigned and retired to his villa at Passariano in Friuli and the thousand year old Republic disappeared as an independent state .
In 1797 , Napoleon invaded the territory of the Venetian Republic .
Overwhelmed by more powerful forces , Doge Ludovico Manin resigned and retired to his villa at Passariano in Friuli and the thousand year old Venetian Republic disappeared as an independent state .
In 1797 , Napoleon invaded the territory of the Venetian Republic .