Venice, Byzantium, and strategic short-termism

Was Venetian self-destructive hubris a recurring pattern in its history?

Venice's conflict with Byzantium over former Byzantine lands provides one example. Weakening Byzantium could serve immediate Venetian interests even though its loss later harmed Venice.

The closing exchange returns to Venice's tension with Byzantium over former Byzantine territory. Venice could regard Byzantium as a problem because Byzantine claims conflicted with Venetian control. That immediate rivalry existed even though Byzantine decline could later damage Venice's wider position. The example shows how a short-term territorial advantage can work against a state's longer-term interests.