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. The rise of the bishops. Valentinian III and Bishop Neon
Sidonius Apollinaris in Ravenna
Romulus Augustulus and King Odoacer
Part Three 493-540. Theoderic the Goth, Arian King of Ravenna. Theoderic the Ostrogoth
Amalasuintha and the legacy of Theoderic
Part Four 540-70. Justinian I and the campaigns in North Africa and Italy. Belisarius captures Ravenna
San Vitale, epitome of Early Christendom
Narses and the Pragmatic Sanction
Archbishop Maximian, bulwark of the West
Archbishop Agnellus and the seizure of the Arian churches
Part Five 568-643. King Alboin and the Lombard conquest. Alboin invades
Gregory the Great and the control of Ravenna
Isaac, the Armenian exarch
Part Six 610-700. The expansion of Islam. The Arab conquests
The Sixth Oecumenical Council
The Anonumous Cosmographer of Ravenna
Part Seven 685-725. The two reigns of Justinian II. The Council in Trullo
The heroic Archbishop Damianus
The tempestuous life of Archbishop Felix
Part Eight 700-769. Ravenna returns to the margins. Leo III and the defeat of the Arabs
The beginnings of Iconoclasm
Pope Zacharias and the Lombard conquest of Ravenna
Archbishop Sergius takes control
Part Nine 756-813. Charlemagne and Ravenna. The long rule of King Desiderius
Charles claims the stones of Ravenna
Conclusion: The glittering legacy of Ravenna.
