Ravenna : capital of empire, crucible of Europe / Judith Herrin.
Ravenna : capital of empire, crucible of Europe / Judith Herrin.
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2020.
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G 2020/5247
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English
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xxxvii, 536 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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still image
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unmediated
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volume
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The emergence of Ravenna as the imperial capital of the West -- Part One 390-450. Galla Palacidia. Galla Placidia, Theodosian princess -- Honorius (395-423) and the development of Ravenna -- Galla Placidia at the western court (416-23) -- Galla Placidia, builder and empress mother -- Part Two 450-93...
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2020.
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New Jersey
Date Published
2020.
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"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 buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted sc...
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Ravenna : capital of empire, crucible of Europe / Judith Herrin.
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Capital of empire, crucible of Europe
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Includes bibliographic references and index.
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G 2020/5247
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74VKaJ0o76Qd
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0691153434
9780691153438
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945.47101
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991024373517402626
