Ravenna: All Data
Ravenna is a city in Italy (with S. Marino and Vatican). This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Ravenna: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
117 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Regio of Aemilia, part of Roman Empire
402 AD
Capital of Western Roman Empire
473 AD
Capital of Western Roman Empire
476 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Ravenna (476)
476 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Odoacer
490 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Ravenna, part of Conquest of Italy by Theoderic the Great
493 AD
Capital of Kingdom of the Ostrogoths
585 AD
Mentioned in Event: Frankish Invasion of Italy (585)
589 AD
Mentioned in Event: Byzantine reconquest of Classis
733 AD
Mentioned in Event: Occupation of Ravenna
752 AD
Mentioned in Event: Lombard conquest of Histria
756 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second War of Aistulf
922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Hungarian invasions of Europe
928 AD
Mentioned in Event: Hungarian invasions of Europe
938 AD
Mentioned in Event: Hungarian invasions of Europe
948 AD
Mentioned in Event: Hungarian invasions of Europe
1276 AD
Capital of Signoria of Ravenna
1442 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquests of Francesco Foscari
1509 AD
Mentioned in Event: French invasion of Venice (War of the League of Cambrai)
1708 AD
Mentioned in Event: Comacchio war
1709 AD
Mentioned in Event: Comacchio war
1797 AD
Mentioned in Event: Italian theatre (War of the first coalition)
1799 AD
Mentioned in Event: War of the Second Coalition
1800 AD
Mentioned in Event: War of the Second Coalition
1814 AD
Mentioned in Event: War of the Sixth Coalition
1849 AD
Mentioned in Event: Revolution in the Papal States
1850 AD
Mentioned in Event: French Invasion of the Papal States
1851 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Legation of Ravenna, part of Papal States
1859 AD
Mentioned in Event: Wars of Italian Unification
1860 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Italian War of Independence
1861 AD
Mentioned in Event: Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Achse
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: War in the German Operational Zones of northern Italy
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Italian Campaign (World War II)