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Ravenna
Ravenna
(, also ; ) is the capital city of the
Province of Ravenna
, in the
Emilia-Romagna
region of
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
Kingdom of the Ostrogoths
until it was re-conquered in 540 by the
Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire
. Afterwards, the city formed the centre of the Byzantine
Exarchate of Ravenna
until the invasion of the
Franks
in 751, after which it became the seat of the
Kingdom of the Lombards
.
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