Die »Rabenschlacht«, ein strophisches mittelhochdeutsches Heldenepos wohl der zweiten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts, schließt inhaltlich an das Geschehen der »Dietrichs Flucht« an. Thematisiert werden ein weiterer glückloser Sieg Dietrichs von Bern über seinen Widersacher Ermrich …
At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildin…
In 402 AD, after invading tribes broke through the Alpine frontiers of Italy and threatened the imperial government in Milan, the young Emperor Honorius made the momentous decision to move his capital to a small, easy defendable city in the Po estuary: Ravenna. From then until 7…
At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildin…