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of the

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of the city of

Ravenna Ravenna ( ; , also ; ) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century until its Fall of Rome, collapse in 476, after which ...

in the

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region of

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Prior to 20th century

* 191 BCE – Romans in power in region. * 1st–3rd century CE –

Roman Catholic diocese of Ravenna The Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia () is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It is a metropolitan see of the Latin Church, located in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.Western Roman Empire In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the western provinces of the Roman Empire, collectively, during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a separate, independent imperial court. ...

relocated to Ravenna from Milan (until 476). Retrieved 21 December 2016 * 425 CE – San Giovanni Evangelista church construction begins. * 475 – Battle of Ravenna (475) for the control of the

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. * 476 –

Battle of Ravenna (476) The Battle of Ravenna, capital of the Western Roman Empire, between the Heruli under their King Odoacer and the remnants of the Western Roman army in Roman Italy occurred in early September 476, and represented a culminating event in the ongoing ...

Deposition of Romulus Augustus Odoacer's deposition of Romulus Augustus, occurring in 476 AD, was a coup that marked the end of the reign of the last Western Roman Emperor approved by the Western Roman Senate and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy through Odoacer's decisio ...

Fall of the Western Roman Empire The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast ...

Odoacer Odoacer ( – 15 March 493 AD), also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became the ruler of Italy (476–493). Odoacer' ...

in power. * 491 –

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begins

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* 493 –

Theodoric the Great Theodoric (or Theoderic) the Great (454 – 30 August 526), also called Theodoric the Amal, was king of the Ostrogoths (475–526), and ruler of the independent Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy between 493 and 526, regent of the Visigoths (511–526 ...

in power. * 505 – Arian Sant'Apollinare Nuovo church construction begins. * 520 –

Mausoleum of Theodoric The Mausoleum of Theodoric () is an ancient monument just outside Ravenna, Italy. It was built in AD 520 by Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, as his future tomb. Description The mausoleum's current structure consists of two decagonal ...

built near town.: * 526 – (church) built. * 540 – Forces of Byzantine

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take Ravenna. * 547 –

Basilica of San Vitale The Basilica of San Vitale is a late antique church in Ravenna, Italy. The sixth-century church is an important surviving example of early Byzantine art and architecture, and its mosaics in particular are some of the most-studied works in Byzan ...

consecrated. * 549 –

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe ("Saint Apollinaris in Classe") is a church in Classe, Ravenna, Italy, consecrated on 9 May 549 by the bishop Maximian and dedicated to Saint Apollinaris, the first bishop of Ravenna and Classe. ...

consecrated near Ravenna. * 584 –

Exarchate of Ravenna The Exarchate of Ravenna (; ), also known as the Exarchate of Italy, was an administrative district of the Byzantine Empire comprising, between the 6th and 8th centuries, the territories under the jurisdiction of the exarch of Italy (''exarchus ...

established (approximate date). * 729 –

Battle of Ravenna (729) The Battle of Ravenna in 729 was fought between the troops of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Exarchate of Ravenna and a force of Lombard Italians. This was in response to Emperor Leo III the Isaurian outlawing the veneration of holy icons, which ...

* 751 - Lombard King

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conquests Ravenna. * 756 - Pepin, King of the Franks, defeats the Lombards and conveys Ravenna to Pope Stephen. * 967 – Imperial Diet held by

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* 1218 - The Traversari comes to power in Ravenna during Guelph-Ghibelline conflict. * 1240 - Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II besieges Ravenna and expels the Traversari. * 1248 - Pope Innocent IV takes Ravenna and the Traversari returned to power. * 1275 - The Traversari are driven from Ravenna by Guido Novello da Polenta. The

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establish a hereditary lordship. * 1441 – Venice takes possession of Ravenna as a condition of the

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. * 1509 - France defeats Venice in the

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; League members occupy Venice's mainland territories. * 1512 – France defeats Holy League forces at the

Battle of Ravenna (1512) The Battle of Ravenna, fought on 11 April 1512, was a major battle of the War of the League of Cambrai. It pitted forces of the Holy League against France and their Ferrarese allies. Although the French and Ferrarese eliminated the Papal–Sp ...

; France sacks Ravenna. * 1737 – Canale Candiano (canal) to Adriatic Sea created. * 1752 – Società Letteraria Ravennate (

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) founded. * 1797 – Ravenna becomes part of the of the French

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. * 1804 –

Biblioteca Classense The Biblioteca Classense is the public library of Ravenna, Italy. In 1803, with the Napoleonic suppression of monasteries and religious institutions, a library was created to harbor the confiscated books. They were housed in the library of the Cam ...

(library) established. * 1820/21 – Home of

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for eighteen months. * 1826 – Accademia filarmonica (music academy) founded. * 1849 –

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succumbed to fatigue during the retreat from Rome. * 1852 –

Teatro Comunale Alighieri The ''Teatro Comunale Alighieri'' is an opera house located at 2 Via Mariani in Ravenna, Italy and designed by the Venetian architects, Tommaso Meduna and his brother, Giambattista who had designed the second ''La Fenice'' theatre after the fir ...

opens. * 1859 – Papal rule ends. * 1860 – Ravenna becomes part of the

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. * 1863 – Ravenna railway station opens. * 1881 – Population: 34,270. * 1897 – Population: 67,760.

20th century

* 1911 – Population: 71,581. * 1913 – Unione Sportiva Ravennate (football club) formed. * 1921 – (railway) begins operating. * 1927 – (library) established. * 1966 – Stadio Bruno Benelli (stadium) opens. * 1983 – (theatre group) formed. * 1990 –

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of music begins. * 1997 – Vidmer Mercatali becomes mayor.

21st century

* 2006 – becomes mayor. * 2011 – Some of the

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played in Ravenna. * 2013 – Population: 154,288. * 2014 – November: Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2014 held. * 2016 – June: Italian local elections, 2016 held;

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becomes mayor. * 2024 – November: Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2024 held. Mayor De Pascale is elected president of Emilia-Romagna. * 2025 – May: Italian local elections, 2025 held; Alessandro Barattoni becomes mayor.

References

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Bibliography

* . 9th century

in English

* * * * * * * * * Edward Hutton. The Story of Ravenna. Great Britain: J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1926 * A. J. Wharton. Refiguring the Post Classical City: Dura Europos, Jerash, Jerusalem, and Ravenna (Cambridge, 1995) * * * *

in Italian

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External links

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