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Years: 402 - 402
November
…the coastal city of Ravenna, which is protected by a ring of marshes and strong fortifications.
While the new capital is easier to defend (although in fact the city falls to opposing forces numerous times in its history), it is poorly situated to allow Roman forces to protect central Italy from the increasingly regular threat of barbarian incursions.
It is also likely that the move to Ravenna was due to the city's port and good seaborne connections to the Eastern Roman Empire.
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- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- Italy, Diocese of
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- Italy, Diocese of
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- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Stilicho's Wars with the Visigoths
- Gothic War (402-403)
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Years: 402 - 402
November
Locations
People
Groups
- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- Italy, Diocese of
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
- Visigoths, Realm of the
- Roman Empire, Western (Milan)
- Italy, Diocese of
Topics
- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Late Antiquity
- Migration Period
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Stilicho's Wars with the Visigoths
- Gothic War (402-403)
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions