Ravenna was made the capital of the Western Empire (AD 402), a role it retained under the rule of the Ostrogoths and Byzantines in the 5th and 6th centuries. Mosaic details from San Vitale, found in Ravenna’s renowned early Christian mosaics. .
Ravenna was made the capital of the Western Empire (AD 402), a role it retained under the rule of the Ostrogoths and Byzantines in the 5th and 6th centuries. Mosaic details from San Vitale, found in Ravenna’s renowned early Christian mosaics. .
