Savi agli Ordini
The Savi[i] agli Ordini or Savi ai Ordini (lit. 'Wise Men on the Orders') were senior magistrates of the Republic of Venice, charged with supervision of maritime matters, including commerce, the Venetian navy and the Republic's oversees colonies (Stato da Màr). == History == The five Savi agli Ordini were the earliest board of experts (savi, 'sages') to be established to help the leadership of the Venetian Republic—the Signoria of Venice—prepare legislation for submission to the Venetian Senate, the Council of the Forty, or the Great Council.