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Mosaics of Ravenna and Byzantine Workshops (c. 425–726)

Mosaics of Ravenna and Byzantine Workshops (c. 425–726)

  1. Ravenna becomes Western imperial capital

    Labels: Ravenna, Honorius
  2. Neonian Baptistery mosaics added under Bishop Neon

    Labels: Neonian Baptistery, Bishop Neon
  3. Theoderic makes Ravenna capital of Ostrogothic Italy

    Labels: Theoderic, Ostrogothic Ravenna
  4. Archiepiscopal Chapel built with anti-Arian imagery

    Labels: Archiepiscopal Chapel, Archbishop Peter
  5. Arian Baptistery erected under Theoderic’s regime

    Labels: Arian Baptistery, Theoderic
  6. Palace church dedicated, later Sant’Apollinare Nuovo

    Labels: Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Theoderic
  7. San Vitale construction begins amid changing rule

    Labels: San Vitale, Patron
  8. Belisarius captures Ravenna for Justinian

    Labels: Belisarius, Justinian
  9. Sant’Apollinare in Classe consecrated with apse mosaics

    Labels: Sant'Apollinare in, Saint Apollinaris
  10. Exarchate of Ravenna established, anchoring Byzantine Italy

    Labels: Exarchate of, Byzantine Italy
  11. Iconoclasm begins, reshaping Byzantine image-making

    Labels: Iconoclasm, Emperor Leo