Ravenna: Timeline

402   Emperor Honorius Honorius

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 transfers the capital of the Western Empire from Milan Milan

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 to Ravenna.

404   The dome in Ravenna is built by the entire population of the city.

454   During a meeting in his throne room in Ravenna, Emperor Valentinian III Valentinian III

Flavius Placidius Valentinianus, known in English as Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor [i]. ... 

 assassinates Aėtius Flavius Aėtius

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.

493   Odoacer Odoacer

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 agrees to a mediated peace with Theodoric the Great Theodoric the Great

Theodoric the Great , known to the Romans as Flavius Theodoricus, was king of the Ostrogoth [i]s , ... 

, and is later killed by him personally. Theodoric becomes king of the Ostrogoths and moves the capital to Ravenna.

519   The synagogue Synagogue

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s of Ravenna are burnt down in a riot; Theodoric the Great Theodoric the Great

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 orders them to be rebuilt at Ravenna's expense.

520   Ostrogoth Ostrogoth

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ic ruler Theodoric the Great Theodoric the Great

Theodoric the Great , known to the Romans as Flavius Theodoricus, was king of the Ostrogoth [i]s , ... 

 builds the Mausoleum of Theodoric as his future tomb in Ravenna.

538   Witiges Witiges

Witiges or Vitiges was King of the Ostrogoths [i] from 536 [i] to 540 [i]. ... 

, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general General

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, Belisarius Belisarius

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. The Pope now emerges as the leading ruler in the West for 1260 years.

539   Ravenna becomes an exarchate of the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire

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.

540   General Belisarius Belisarius

Flavius Belisarius was one of the greatest general [i]s of the Byzantine Empire [i] and one of the most ... 

 conquers Milan Milan

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 and the Ostrogoth Ostrogoth

The Ostrogoths , in distinction from the Visigoth [i]s , were a Germanic tribe [i] that ... 

 capital Ravenna.

751   The Lombard Lombards

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 king Aistulf Aistulf

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 captures Ravenna and the Romagna, ending the Byzantine Byzantine Empire

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 Exarchate of Ravenna.