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Ravenna

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Pearce, R. Peretto, P. Tozzi

Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Jonathan Weiland, Sean Gillies

Last modified Dec 11, 2023 02:32 PM — History

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A city of northern Adriatic Italy that served as the capital of the Western Roman Empire from A.D. 402 until 476.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/393480

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
44.415718, 12.196604

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18819 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ravenna (Latin, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Ῥάουεννα (Rhaouenna: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Ravenna makes connections with:

Ravenna connection Padusa (unspecified date range)
Ravenna located on Via Popilia (in Aemilia) (unspecified date range)

Ravenna receives connections from:

"Basilica" of San Vitale located at Ravenna (AD 300 - AD 640)
Archbishop's Chapel, Ravenna located at Ravenna (AD 300 - AD 640)
Arian Baptistry located at Ravenna (AD 300 - AD 640)
Baptistry of Neon located at Ravenna (AD 300 - AD 640)
Classis located near Ravenna (unspecified date range)
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia located at Ravenna (AD 300 - AD 640)
Mausoleum of Theodoric located at Ravenna (unspecified date range)
New Basilica of Saint Apollinaris located at Ravenna (AD 300 - AD 640)
Ravenna Aqueduct located near Ravenna (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

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Evidence:

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See Also:

RFO 1452

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 40 C4 Ravenna

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ravenna

Perhaps originating as an Etruscan center, Ravenna becomes especially important in the late Roman period. From AD 402 until 476 Ravenna served as the capital of the Western Roman Empire, after which (until AD 554) it was the Ostrogothic capital. From AD 554 to 771 Ravenna was the center of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna and, finally, became the seat of the Lombard kingdom.

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Suggested citation:
M. Pearce, R. Peretto, P. Tozzi, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Jonathan Weiland, and Sean Gillies, 'Ravenna: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/393480> [accessed: 03 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/393480 |title=Places: 393480 (Ravenna) |author=Pearce, M., R. Peretto, P. Tozzi |accessdate=December 3, 2024 12:58 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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