Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of illustrations xiii
4. A note on spellings xvii
5. Maps xviii
6. Table of competing powers in Ravenna xxiii
7. Introduction xxix
8. 1 The emergence of Ravenna as the imperial capital of the West 1
9. Part One 390– 450 Galla Placidia
10. 2 Galla Placidia, Theodosian princess 17
11. 3 Honorius (395– 423) and the development of Ravenna 24
12. 4 Galla Placidia at the western court 33
13. 5 Galla Placidia, builder and empress mother 46
14. Part Two 450– 93 The Rise of the Bishops
15. 6 Valentinian III and Bishop Neon 63
16. 7 Sidonius Apollinaris in Ravenna 72
17. 8 Romulus Augustulus and King Odoacer 77
18. Part Three 493– 540 Theoderic the Goth, Arian King of Ravenna
19. 9 Theoderic the Ostrogoth 89
20. 10 Theoderic’s kingdom 101
21. 11 Theoderic’s diplomacy 116
22. 12 Theoderic the lawgiver 125
23. 13 Amalasuintha and the legacy of Theoderic 137
24. Part Four 540– 70 Justinian I and the Campaigns in North Africa and Italy
25. 14 Belisarius captures Ravenna 151
26. 15 San Vitale, epitome of Early Christendom 160
27. 16 Narses and the Pragmatic Sanction 174
28. 17 Archbishop Maximian, bulwark of the West 184
29. 18 Archbishop Agnellus and the seizure of the Arian churches 191
30. Part Five 568– 643 King Alboin and the Lombard conquest
31. 19 Alboin invades 203
32. 20 The exarchate of Ravenna 214
33. 21 Gregory the Great and the control of Ravenna 223
34. 22 Isaac, the Armenian exarch 230
35. 23 Agnellus the doctor 239
36. Part Six 610– 700 The expansion of Islam
37. 24 The Arab conquests 247
38. 25 Constans II in Sicily 256
39. 26 The Sixth Oecumenical Council 268
40. 27 The Anonymous Cosmographer of Ravenna 276
41. Part Seven 685– 725 The two reigns of Justinian II
42. 28 The Council in Trullo 287
43. 29 The heroic Archbishop Damianus 297
44. 30 The tempestuous life of Archbishop Felix 306
45. Part Eight 700– 769 Ravenna returns to the margins
46. 31 Leo III and the defeat of the Arabs 317
47. 32 The beginnings of Iconoclasm 326
48. 33 Pope Zacharias and the Lombard conquest of Ravenna 335
49. 34 Archbishop Sergius takes control 341
50. Part Nine 756– 813 Charlemagne and Ravenna
51. 35 The long rule of King Desiderius 353
52. 36 Charles in Italy, 774– 87 363
53. 37 Charles claims the stones of Ravenna 375
54. Conclusion The glittering legacy of Ravenna 387
55. Notes 401
56. Acknowledgements 491
57. Index 493