Ravenna
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Pearce, R. Peretto, P. Tozzi
Creators: M. Pearce, R. Peretto, P. Tozzi
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Jonathan Weiland, Sean Gillies
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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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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/393480
44.415718, 12.196604
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18819 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Ravenna part of (regional) Italia, Regio VIII (unspecified date range)
- Ravenna connection Padusa (unspecified date range)
- Ravenna located on Via Popilia (in Aemilia) (unspecified date range)
- "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)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 40 C4 Ravenna
- BTCGI XIV, 561-628 (Riccardo Vattuone)
- Facchini 2004
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 126,5
- ItMiller 308, 279
- New Pauly Ravenna (C. Heucke and A. Berger)
- PECS (Perseus) RAVENNA Emilia, Italy
- Roller 2017 220
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) RAVENNA
- Susini 1990
- ToposText Ravenna (Italy)
- WHL 788: Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
- See Also:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 40 C4 Ravenna
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ravenna
Perhaps originating as an Etruscan center, Ravenna became 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.
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, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/393480> [accessed: 11 April 2026]
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