theodoric the great modeled his capital city in ravenna after constantinople.
theodoric the great modeled his capital city in ravenna after constantinople.
who modeled his capital city in ravenna after constantinople?
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ostrogothic ravenna refers to the time period in which ravenna was the capital of the ostrogothic kingdom in italy. ravenna is a city in northeastern italy that served as the capital of the ostrogothic kingdom, which existed between 493 and 553 ce. during that time, ravenna saw a great renovation, in particular under theodoric the great (454–526). during his rule, ravenna saw many of its finest monuments constructed or renovated, including the basilica of sant'apollinare nuovo, the palace of theoderic, and mausoleum of theodoric. many of these monuments reflected theodoric's, as well as the goths as a people, religion of arian christianity. though an arian christian himself, theodoric's rule was a time of religious tolerance in the city of ravenna. his religious tolerance extended also to forging a balance between the romans and goths in ravenna. theodoric attempted to model ravenna as a capital equivalent to that of rome or constantinople and as such was a defender of classical antiquity in a western world that saw much of its classical heritage disappearing.
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ravenna (, ; ) is the capital city of the province of ravenna, in the emilia-romagna region of northern italy. it was the capital city of the western roman empire from 402 until that empire collapsed in 476. it then served as the capital of the ostrogothic kingdom until it was re-conquered in 540 by the byzantine empire. afterwards, the city formed the centre of the byzantine exarchate of ravenna until the invasion of the lombards in 751, after which it became the seat of the kingdom of the lombards.
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