Ravenna: History, Former Names & Timeline
Protected by marshes, it was capital of the late Western Empire and of the Ostrogothic kingdom; its Byzantine mosaics are world-famous.
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Former names of Ravenna
| From | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 200 BC | Ravenna |
Timeline of Ravenna
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| AD 402 | Honorius moves the Western capital to Ravenna |
| AD 476 | Odoacer deposes Romulus Augustulus; the Western Empire ends |
| AD 493 | Ostrogothic king Theodoric takes Ravenna |
| AD 540 | Belisarius captures Ravenna |
| AD 751 | The Lombards seize the Exarchate of Ravenna |
Who ruled Ravenna
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–324 BC | Boii |
| 323 BC–201 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 200 BC–101 BC | Rome |
| 100 BC–2 BC | Roman Republic |
| 1 BC–299 | Roman Empire |
| 300–399 | Rome (Maximian) |
| 400–499 | Western Roman Empire |
| 500–599 | Ostrogoths |
| 600–799 | Eastern Roman Empire |
| 800–899 | Papal States |
| 900–999 | Carolingian Empire |
| 1000–1491 | Holy Roman Empire |
| 1492–1879 | Papal States |
| 1880–1913 | Italy |
| 1914–1919 | Kingdom of Italy |
| 1920–today | Italy |