Ravenna has 8 World Heritage sites from the 5th-6th centuries AD-churches and monuments with magnificent mosaics, painstakingly constructed during the era of the fall of the western Roman empire. How did it become an imperial and regal capital? Why was it spared invasion and civil war? Should we thank the Ostrogoths? Let this book be your guide.
Ravenna has 8 World Heritage sites from the 5th-6th centuries AD-churches and monuments with magnificent mosaics, painstakingly constructed during the...