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The decisive battle was fought on 2 September 476 near Ravenna, the capital of the Western Roman Empire: it saw the foederati defeat the largely depleted Roman garrison. The city, defended by Paulus (the brother of Orestes) [2] was captured swiftly and easily. Two days later, the sixteen-year-old emperor Romulus Augustulus was forced to ...
1st–3rd century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Ravenna established. [2] 402 CE – Capital of the Western Roman Empire relocated to Ravenna from Milan (until 476). [3] 425 CE – San Giovanni Evangelista church construction begins. [4] 475 – Battle of Ravenna (475) for the control of the Western Roman Empire. 476 – Battle of Ravenna (476).
The Battle of Ravenna was fought between supporters of Orestes and supporters of Julius Nepos for control of the Western Roman Empire. In prelude to the battle, Orestes had been ordered to raise a large army to confront tribal rulers in Gaul. Instead he led his force against emperor Julius Nepos in the capital Ravenna.
378, Battle of Adrianople, [93] [94] Eastern Emperor Valens dies in battle, Begin of the Fall of the Western Roman Empire. [95] 377–378, Invasion of Thrace and Moesia by Gothic Greuthungi led by chieftain Alatheus. 378, Invasion of Alsace by Alemanni, Battle of Argentovaria, Extermination of Alemannic Lentienses, Alemannic King Priarius dies ...
Here he continued Don Juan and wrote Ravenna Diary, My Dictionary and Recollections. [25] Ravenna is the location where Lionel, the protagonist of Mary Shelley's post-apocalyptic novel The Last Man, comes ashore after losing his companions to a howling storm in the Aegean Sea. Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) wrote a poem Ravenna in 1878. [26]
Battle of Ravenna (475), between Orestes and Julius Nepos; Battle of Ravenna (476), in which Odoacer captured Ravenna and brought the Western Roman Empire to an end; Battle of Ravenna (729), between the Byzantine Empire and the Italians; Battle of Ravenna (1512), between the French and Spanish-Papal during the War of the League of Cambrai
During the Battle of Flodden, the Scottish army was heavily defeated, losing some 9,000 men and many nobles, including King James, the King's illegitimate son, and twelve earls. [8] 7 October 1513: Battle of La Motta (1513). Spanish and Imperial victory over Venice (allied with France). Also known as the Battle of Schio, Vicenza or Creazzo.
The Battle of Ravenna, fought on 11 April 1512, was a major battle of the War of the League of Cambrai. It pitted forces of the Holy League against France and their Ferrarese allies. Although the French and Ferrarese eliminated the Papal –Spanish forces as a serious threat, their triumph was overshadowed by the loss of their young general ...