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When invading tribes from the north laid siege to Milan in 402 AD, Emperor Honorius moved the seat of government to a small, easily defensible city at the mouth of the Po: Ravenna. Until 751, the shining golden city on the Adriatic was first the capital of the Western Roman Empire, then that of the vast empire of Theoderic the Goth, and finally the centre of Byzantine power in Italy.
While Rome became provincialised, Ravenna became the meeting point of Greek, Latin, Christian and barbarian cultures and the pivot between East and West. The overwhelmingly beautiful early Christian churches are splendid witnesses to this time of upheaval. Judith Herrin is also able to give unusually detailed accounts of the people of this time: not only of empresses and kings, but also of scholars, jurists, doctors and craftsmen. This melting pot of cultures was the secret capital of early Christian Western Europe.
While Rome became provincialised, Ravenna became the meeting point of Greek, Latin, Christian and barbarian cultures and the pivot between East and West. The overwhelmingly beautiful early Christian churches are splendid witnesses to this time of upheaval. Judith Herrin is also able to give unusually detailed accounts of the people of this time: not only of empresses and kings, but also of scholars, jurists, doctors and craftsmen. This melting pot of cultures was the secret capital of early Christian Western Europe.
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- Herrin, Judith
- Title
- Ravenna. Hauptstadt des Imperiums, Schmelztiegel der Kulturen
- Details
- 62 colour illus. 604 pp.
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