The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location
Ravenna
Also known as Court of Ravenna
- city
- Roman provincial with later Byzantine influences
A marsh-girt city of northern Italy that becomes an imperial court and later the Byzantine exarchate. Its lagoons make it a refuge and a prize in the Gothic and Lombard wars.
- Type
- city
- Style
- Roman provincial with later Byzantine influences
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 22
- Books
- 1
History
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
A marsh-girt city of northern Italy that becomes an imperial court and later the Byzantine exarchate. Its lagoons make it a refuge and a prize in the Gothic and Lombard wars.
Key events
- Book 1
Ch. 160Deposition of Romulus AugustulusIn 476 CE, the Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, traditionally marking the end of the Western Roman Empire and the transition to the Middle Ages. - Book 1
Ch. 179Justinian's Reconquest of the WestUnder Justinian I, the brilliant general Belisarius reconquered North Africa from the Vandals and much of Italy from the Ostrogoths, temporarily restoring Roman rule to the western Mediterranean. - Book 1
Ch. 220Establishment of the Papal StatesThrough the Donation of Pepin and subsequent grants, the popes acquired temporal sovereignty over central Italy, transforming the papacy into a political as well as spiritual power.
Appearances
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