Ravenna, a Study

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Edward Hutton. Ravenna, a Study

Ravenna, a Study

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PREFACE

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CHAP. I. THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL POSITION OF RAVENNA. II. JULIUS CAESAR IN RAVENNA. III. RAVENNA IN THE TIME OF THE EMPIRE

V. THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE IN THE WEST. VI. THEODORIC

XIV. RAVENNA IN THE MIDDLE AGE. XV. DANTE IN RAVENNA

XIX. THE GALLERY AND THE MUSEUM. XX. THE PINETA. COLOURED PLATES. S. APOLLINARE NUOVO. S. AGATA. THE MAUSOLEUM OF THEODORIC. S. VITALE: THE GALLERY. S. GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA. THE MAUSOLEUM OF GALLA PLACIDIA. S. VITALE: THE PRESBYTERY. S. GIOVANNI BATTISTA. S. MARIA IN PORTO. PORTA SERRATA. LINE DRAWINGS. SKETCH MAP. SKETCH MAP. SKETCH MAP. GREEK RELIEF FROM A TEMPLE OF NEPTUNE. SARCOPHAGUS OF THE EMPEROR HONORIUS. THE APSE OF S. GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA. THE MAUSOLEUM OF GALLA PLACIDIA. CAPITAL FROM THE COLONNADE IN PIAZZA MAGGIORE. S. APOLLINARE IN CLASSE. CAPITAL FROM S. VITALE. CAPITAL FROM SANTO SPIRITO. SKETCH MAP. SKETCH MAP OF CITIES IN IMPERIAL HANDS. SKETCH MAP SHOWING NARSES' MARCH TO MEET TOTILA. SKETCH MAP. THE SARCOPHAGUS OF THE EXARCH ISAAC. GUARDHOUSE OF THE PALACE OF THEODORIC

THE BAPTISTERY AND CAMPANILE OF THE CATHEDRAL. THE CAMPANILE OF S. GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA. S. VITALE. CAPITAL FROM S. VITALE. INTERIOR OF S. APOLLINARE IN CLASSE. CAPITAL FROM S. VITALE. THE CAMPANILE OF S. APOLLINARE. CASA POLENTANA. DANTE'S TOMB. CAMPANILE OF S. FRANCESCO. INTERIOR OF S. MARIA IN PORTO FUORI. TORRE DEL COMUNE. PORTAL OF S. GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA. ROCCA VENIZIANA. MONUMENT OF GASTON DE FOIX. THE CLOISTER OF S. GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA. THE PINETA. THE PINETA. TO PORTO CORSINI

RAVENNA. A STUDY. I

THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL POSITION OF RAVENNA

II

JULIUS CAESAR IN RAVENNA

III

RAVENNA IN THE TIME OF THE EMPIRE

IV

THE RETREAT UPON RAVENNA. HONORIUS AND GALLA PLACIDIA

V

THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE IN THE WEST

VI

THEODORIC

VII

THE RECONQUEST. VITIGES, BELISARIUS, TOTILA, NARSES

VIII

MODICA QUIES. THE PRAGMATIC SANCTION AND THE SETTLEMENT OF ITALY

IX

THE CITADEL OF THE EMPIRE IN ITALY. THE LOMBARD INVASION

X

THE PAPAL STATE. PEPIN AND CHARLEMANGE

XI

THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF THE FIFTH CENTURY. THE CATHEDRAL, BAPTISTERY, ARCIVESCOVADO, S. AGATA, S. PIETRO MAGGIORE, S. GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA, S. GIOVANNI BATTISTA, AND THE MAUSOLEUM OF GALLA PLACIDIA

XII

THE ARIAN CHURCHES OF THE SIXTH CENTURY. THE PALACE OF THEODORIC, S. APOLLINARE NUOVO, S. SPIRITO, S. MARIA IN COSMEDIN, THE MAUSOLEUM OF THEODORIC

XIII

THE BYZANTINE CHURCHES. S. VITALE AND S. APOLLINARE IN CLASSE

XIV

RAVENNA IN THE MIDDLE AGE

XV

DANTE IN RAVENNA

XVI

MEDIAEVAL RAVENNA. THE CHURCHES

XVII

RAVENNA IN THE RENAISSANCE. THE BATTLE OF 1512

XVIII

RENAISSANCE RAVENNA. CHURCHES AND PALACES

XIX

THE GALLERY AND THE MUSEUM

XX

THE PINETA

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Edward Hutton

Published by Good Press, 2019

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[Footnote 2: So Suetonius; but Plutarch says "As for himself, he spent the day at a public show of gladiators, and a little before evening bathed, and then went into the apartment, where he entertained company. When it was growing dark, he left the company, having desired them to make merry till his return, which they would not have long to wait for."]

The road he travelled was not the great way to Rimini, but a by-way across the marshes, and it would seem to have been in a wretched state. At any rate Caesar lost his way, the lights of his little company were extinguished, his carriage had to be abandoned, and it was only after wandering about for a long time that, with the help of a peasant whom he found towards daybreak, he was able to get on, afoot now, and at last to reach the great highway. That night must have tried even the iron nerves and dauntless courage of the greatest soldier of all time.

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