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Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

by Judith Herrin

A riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman Empire At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of bu

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

Oct 27, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

528

ISBN

9780691153438