Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

by Judith Herrin

Book Overview

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 buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691153434
• ISBN13: 9780691153438
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"