Ravenna had emerged as the center of the Western ... Its once-busy port has silted up, and the Adriatic coast receded; many of its majestic Roman-era structures have simply vanished and been ...

Ravenna was the seat of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and then of Byzantine Italy until the 8th century. It has a unique collection of early Christian mosaics and monuments. All eight buildings ...

The Byzantines significantly expanded over the next several years, taking the former Roman (and current Ostrogothic) capital of Ravenna. The Ostrogoths also offered Belisarius the crown of the ...

During his recent visit to Italy, the King went to Ravenna. While there he viewed some of the city’s remarkable mosaics in the Basilica of San Vitale. Consecrated in 547 AD, San Vitale reflects a ...

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