https://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Ravenna&feed=atom&action=historyRavenna - Revision history2024-03-29T06:11:49ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Ravenna&diff=122899&oldid=prevMagda: Reverted edits by Lubomir (talk) to last revision by Wsk2016-03-02T04:38:44Z<p>Reverted edits by <a href="/Special:Contributions/Lubomir" title="Special:Contributions/Lubomir">Lubomir</a> (<a href="/User_talk:Lubomir" title="User talk:Lubomir">talk</a>) to last revision by <a href="/User:Wsk" title="User:Wsk">Wsk</a></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During this time Orthodox Christianity flourished. Byzantine architecture was in fashion. The principal remaining example of this Orthodox presence in Ravenna is the [[Church of San Vitale (Ravenna)|Church of St. Vitale]]. This octagonal [[church]], dating from 548, was built under the sponsorship of Justinian I and his wife, [[Theodora (wife of Justinian)|Theodora]], who both are memorialized in mosaics on the North and South walls of the [[apse]] of the church.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During this time Orthodox Christianity flourished. Byzantine architecture was in fashion. The principal remaining example of this Orthodox presence in Ravenna is the [[Church of San Vitale (Ravenna)|Church of St. Vitale]]. This octagonal [[church]], dating from 548, was built under the sponsorship of Justinian I and his wife, [[Theodora (wife of Justinian)|Theodora]], who both are memorialized in mosaics on the North and South walls of the [[apse]] of the church.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ravenna''' is a city in northern Italy that was the last capital of the Western Roman Empire. Subsequent to the fall of the western empire Ravenna served as the capital of the [[Arianism|Arian Ostrogothic kingdom. In the sixth century during the resurgence of the Roman Empire into Italy under [[Justinian]] I, Ravenna served as the seat of Justinian’s Exarchate in Italy. During this period the new [[Church of San Vitale (Ravenna)|Church of San Vitale]] was the symbol of Orthodox Christian presence amidst the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Arianism|Arian]]s </del>in Ravenna.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ravenna''' is a city in northern Italy that was the last capital of the Western Roman Empire. Subsequent to the fall of the western empire Ravenna served as the capital of the [[Arianism|Arian<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>Ostrogothic kingdom. In the sixth century during the resurgence of the Roman Empire into Italy under [[Justinian]] I, Ravenna served as the seat of Justinian’s Exarchate in Italy. During this period the new [[Church of San Vitale (Ravenna)|Church of San Vitale]] was the symbol of Orthodox Christian presence amidst the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Arians </ins>in Ravenna.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ravenna''' is a city in northern Italy that was the last capital of the Western Roman Empire. Subsequent to the fall of the western empire Ravenna served as the capital of the Arian Ostrogothic kingdom. In the sixth century during the resurgence of the Roman Empire into Italy under [[Justinian]] I, Ravenna served as the seat of Justinian’s Exarchate in Italy. During this period the new [[Church of San Vitale (Ravenna)|Church of San Vitale]] was the symbol of Orthodox Christian presence amidst the [[Arianism|Arian]]s in Ravenna.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ravenna''' is a city in northern Italy that was the last capital of the Western Roman Empire. Subsequent to the fall of the western empire Ravenna served as the capital of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Arianism|</ins>Arian Ostrogothic kingdom. In the sixth century during the resurgence of the Roman Empire into Italy under [[Justinian]] I, Ravenna served as the seat of Justinian’s Exarchate in Italy. During this period the new [[Church of San Vitale (Ravenna)|Church of San Vitale]] was the symbol of Orthodox Christian presence amidst the [[Arianism|Arian]]s in Ravenna.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The origins of Ravenna are uncertain. The city began as a settlement on several small islands in a lagoon off the Adriatic Sea. It grew in importance as a federated town in the Roman empire and then as a base for the Roman imperial fleet. In time the harbor silted up and the city became landlocked. During the Christian era, Ravenna prospered. After [[Constantine I]] moved the capital of the Empire to Constantinople, Rome remained the capital of the Western part of the empire. As the Western empire became vulnerable to Gothic forces and Rome was sacked, the capital was moved to other cities. Ravenna became the capital of the Western Roman Empire in 402 when the Emperor Honorius moved the imperial capital to escape Alaric and his Visigoths. Ravenna was also selected because its harbor was convenient for communication and trade with Constantinople.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The origins of Ravenna are uncertain. The city began as a settlement on several small islands in a lagoon off the Adriatic Sea. It grew in importance as a federated town in the Roman empire and then as a base for the Roman imperial fleet. In time the harbor silted up and the city became landlocked. During the Christian era, Ravenna prospered. After [[Constantine I]] moved the capital of the Empire to Constantinople, Rome remained the capital of the Western part of the empire. As the Western empire became vulnerable to Gothic forces and Rome was sacked, the capital was moved to other cities. Ravenna became the capital of the Western Roman Empire in 402 when the Emperor Honorius moved the imperial capital to escape Alaric and his Visigoths. Ravenna was also selected because its harbor was convenient for communication and trade with Constantinople.  </div></td></tr>
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</table>Gabrielahttps://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Ravenna&diff=41759&oldid=prevGabriela at 03:42, October 28, 20062006-10-28T03:42:15Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ravenna''' is a city in northern Italy that was the last capital of the Western Roman Empire. Subsequent to the fall of the western empire Ravenna served as the capital of the Arian Ostrogothic kingdom. In the sixth century during the resurgence of the Roman Empire into Italy under [[Justinian]] I, Ravenna served as the seat of Justinian’s Exarchate in Italy. During this period the new [[Church of San Vitale (Ravenna)|Church of San Vitale]] was the symbol of Orthodox Christian presence amidst the [[Arian]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">presence </del>in Ravenna.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ravenna''' is a city in northern Italy that was the last capital of the Western Roman Empire. Subsequent to the fall of the western empire Ravenna served as the capital of the Arian Ostrogothic kingdom. In the sixth century during the resurgence of the Roman Empire into Italy under [[Justinian]] I, Ravenna served as the seat of Justinian’s Exarchate in Italy. During this period the new [[Church of San Vitale (Ravenna)|Church of San Vitale]] was the symbol of Orthodox Christian presence amidst the [[Arian]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s </ins>in Ravenna.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==History==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==History==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The origins of Ravenna are uncertain. The city began as a settlement on small islands in a lagoon off the Adriatic Sea. It grew in importance as a federated town in the Roman empire and<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>then<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>as a base for the Roman imperial fleet. In time the harbor silted up and the city became landlocked. During the Christian era, Ravenna prospered. After [[Constantine I]] moved the capital of the Empire to Constantinople, Rome remained the capital of the Western part of the empire. As the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">western </del>empire became vulnerable to Gothic forces and Rome was sacked, the capital was moved to other cities. Ravenna became the capital of the Western Roman Empire in 402 when the Emperor Honorius <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">move </del>the imperial capital to escape Alaric and his <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Visgoths</del>. Ravenna was also selected because its harbor was convenient for communication and trade with Constantinople.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The origins of Ravenna are uncertain. The city began as a settlement on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">several </ins>small islands in a lagoon off the Adriatic Sea. It grew in importance as a federated town in the Roman empire and then as a base for the Roman imperial fleet. In time the harbor silted up and the city became landlocked. During the Christian era, Ravenna prospered. After [[Constantine I]] moved the capital of the Empire to Constantinople, Rome remained the capital of the Western part of the empire. As the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Western </ins>empire became vulnerable to Gothic forces and Rome was sacked, the capital was moved to other cities. Ravenna became the capital of the Western Roman Empire in 402 when the Emperor Honorius <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">moved </ins>the imperial capital to escape Alaric and his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Visigoths</ins>. Ravenna was also selected because its harbor was convenient for communication and trade with Constantinople.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the reign of Theodosius II, Ravenna and Christianity flourished. With the fall of the Western Empire, Ravenna entered into a period of Ostrogothic control, becoming, in 493, the capital of Theodoric’s Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy. The Ostrogothics were Arians, but at the time coexisted with the Orthodox. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Christians </del>presence<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, as Arians, is witnesses </del>in Ravenna by a number of Arian religious structures including the Church of San Apollinare Nuovo and the Arian Baptistry.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the reign of Theodosius II, Ravenna and Christianity flourished. With the fall of the Western Empire, Ravenna entered into a period of Ostrogothic control, becoming, in 493, the capital of Theodoric’s Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy. The Ostrogothics were Arians, but at the time <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">they </ins>coexisted with the Orthodox. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Arian </ins>presence in Ravenna <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is witnessed </ins>by a number of Arian religious structures<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>including the Church of San Apollinare Nuovo and the Arian Baptistry.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Justinian came to the throne of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">eastern </del>empire he began efforts to expand his Orthodox realm (commonly called Byzantium) back into the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">former western </del>parts of the empire. In 540, Ravenna was taken by [[Justinian]]’s forces under Belisarius and became the seat of Justinian’s governor (exarch) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of </del>the Exarchate of Ravenna.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Justinian came to the throne of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Eastern </ins>empire he began efforts to expand his Orthodox realm (commonly called Byzantium) back into the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">formerly Western </ins>parts of the empire. In 540, Ravenna was taken by [[Justinian]]’s forces under <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the General </ins>Belisarius and became the seat of Justinian’s governor (exarch) <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as </ins>the Exarchate of Ravenna.   </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During this time Orthodox Christianity flourished. Byzantine architecture was in fashion. The principal remaining example of this Orthodox presence in Ravenna is the Church of St. Vitale. This octagonal [[church]], dating from 548, was built under the sponsorship of Justinian I and his wife, [[Theodora (wife of Justinian)|Theodora]], who both are memorialized in mosaics on the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">north </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">south </del>walls of the [[apse]] of the church.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During this time Orthodox Christianity flourished. Byzantine architecture was in fashion. The principal remaining example of this Orthodox presence in Ravenna is the Church of St. Vitale. This octagonal [[church]], dating from 548, was built under the sponsorship of Justinian I and his wife, [[Theodora (wife of Justinian)|Theodora]], who both are memorialized in mosaics on the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">North </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">South </ins>walls of the [[apse]] of the church.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Under Constantinople the [[archbishop]] of Ravenna was granted [[autocephaly]], a privilege that the see continued to hold even after the area returned under the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bishop </del>of Rome. Ravenna remained under Eastern Roman (Byzantine) rule until 751.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Under Constantinople the [[archbishop]] of Ravenna was granted [[autocephaly]], a privilege that the see continued to hold even after the area returned under the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bishop </ins>of Rome. Ravenna remained under Eastern Roman (Byzantine) rule until 751.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today, Ravenna, in the heart of the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, is remembered for the many Christian monuments, both Orthodox and Arian, from its Byzantine fifth and sixth centuries.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today, Ravenna, in the heart of the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, is remembered for the many Christian monuments, both Orthodox and Arian, from its Byzantine fifth and sixth centuries.  </div></td></tr>
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