Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna

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The Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna was a late antique administrative and military province of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire in Italy, serving as its main stronghold and center of imperial authority in the West from the 6th to the 8th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine province
exarchate
former administrative division
appliesToJurisdiction Istria
Pentapolis
Ravenna
Rimini
Rome
parts of central Italy
parts of northern Italy
capital Ravenna
continent Europe
dissolved 751
endTime 751
establishedBy Emperor Maurice
Maurice (Byzantine emperor)
followedBy Kingdom of the Lombards
Papal States
function administrative center of Byzantine rule in Italy
defense of remaining Byzantine territories in the West
military command in Italy
governmentForm military governorship
provincial administration
headOfGovernmentTitle exarch
historyEvent Lombard invasion of Italy
capture of Ravenna by the Lombards
reconquest of Italy by Justinian I
language Greek
Latin
locatedIn Italian Peninsula
Italy
militaryRole buffer against the Lombards
namedAfter Ravenna
partOf Byzantine Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire
precededBy Byzantine Italy
religion Chalcedonian Christianity
Eastern Christianity
significance key link between the papacy and Constantinople
main stronghold of Byzantine imperial authority in the West
significantOfficeHolder Exarch Eutychius
Exarch Isaac
Exarch Smaragdus
startTime c. 584
subdivision Duchy of Istria
Duchy of Naples
Duchy of Pentapolis
Duchy of Perugia
Duchy of Rome
linked to: Papal States
timePeriod Early Middle Ages
Late Antiquity

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Ravenna wasCapitalOf Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Papal States precededBy Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Kingdom of the Lombards predecessor Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Bruttium laterBecamePartOf Byzantine Empire territories in Italy
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Pope Gregory the Dialogist birthPlace Byzantine Italy
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Gregory the Great birthPlace Byzantine Italy
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Ostrogothic Kingdom followedBy Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Constantine IV maintainedControlOver Exarchate of Ravenna
subject linked to: Emperor Constantine IV
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Pope Honorius I historicalRegion Byzantine Italy
subject linked to: Pope Honorius I (posthumously)
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna precededBy Byzantine Italy
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Exarch Smaragdus of Ravenna governmentSystem Byzantine exarchate of Ravenna
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Pope Boniface III historicalRegion Byzantine Italy
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Smargadus associatedWith Byzantine Italy
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Smargadus governed Exarchate of Ravenna
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Italo-Romans underRuleOf Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire in Italy
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Lombard invasion of Italy opponent Exarchate of Ravenna
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Liutprandian line conflict Byzantine Empire in Italy
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Lombard–Byzantine wars relatedTo Exarchate of Ravenna
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
War between Odoacer and Theodoric opposedBy Eastern Roman Empire (nominally allied with Theodoric)
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Donation of Pepin appliesToTerritory Exarchate of Ravenna
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Donation of Pepin relatedTo Exarchate of Ravenna
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Archbishop of Ravenna associatedWith Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
States of the Church predecessor Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Pope Severinus deathPlace Exarchate of Ravenna
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Bishop Maximianus of Ravenna sphereOfInfluence Byzantine Italy
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
Julius Argentarius culturalContext Byzantine Italy
linked to: Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna