The Classis Ravennas ("Fleet of Ravenna"), later awarded the honorifics praetoria and Pia Vindex, was the second most senior fleet of the imperial Roman...
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churches Classis (biology), or class, a taxonomic rank or unit in biology Classis (port), or Classe, ancient port of Ravenna, Italy Roman classis, fleet...
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Roman navy (redirect from Praefectus classis)
Centumcellae and other harbors. The Classis Ravennas, established in 27 BC and based at Ravenna. Later Classis praetoria Ravennatis Pia Vindex. The various...
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its support during the civil war of 69 suggests, the classis Misenensis, together with the Classis Ravennatis, formed the naval counterpart of the Praetorian...
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of Ravenna. Initially settled by the Umbri people, Ravenna came under Roman Republic control in 89 BC. Octavian built the military harbor of Classis at...
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Otho's I Adiutrix legion, recently raised from the marines of Classis Ravennas at Ravenna, clashed with Vitellius' veteran Rapax. The Adiutrix acquitted...
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Salonius Matidius Patruinus. Marcus Ulpius Marcellus, admiral of the Classis Ravennas around AD 119. Ulpius Marcellus, a jurist during the reigns of Antoninus...
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Christ, led his flock as a good shepherd and honoured the Church of Classis near Ravenna by a glorious martyrdom." It is not certain what was his native place...
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Before his appointment to Iudaea, Bassus was prefect of the Classis Ravennas and the Classis Misenensis and betrayed Vitellius by siding with Vespasian...
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today. Severus is depicted in Justinian's mosaics in Saint Apollinaire in Classis, and his name is recorded in early martyrologies. There is a Saint Severus...
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First Julianus was prefect of the Classis Ravennas, followed by prefect of the more important fleet, the Classis Misenensis; Werner Eck and Hans Lieb...
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cisterns Roman navy Nemi ships Caligula's Giant Ship Classis Britannica Classis Flavia Moesica Classis Ravennas Wikimedia Commons has media related to Portus...
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IX Liguria. Caius Caninius Germanus, veteran and centurion of the classis Ravennas died at the age of 90 in Calenzana, Corsica. Caninia Longa, a Jewish...
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commercial port for the imperial capital of Ravenna in the Roman Empire. Classe comes from the Latin word classis, meaning fleet. There was a small port and...
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praefectus Classis praefecti Ravennas, or commander of the Classis Ravennas the Roman fleet based at Ravenna, then promoted to praefectus Classis praefecti...
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Raetia. After these came the signal appointment as praefectus of the Classis Ravennas, the second major fleet of the Roman military. Blassianus returned...
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tribune in the Legio II Adiutrix, and later admiral of the Classis Misenensis and Classis Ravennas. He was also governor of Lusitania and Dacia. His wife's...
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suggested that the Carpow fort was the place named as "Horrea Classis" or "Poreo Classis" in the Ravenna Cosmography. The Carpow fort was situated on a coastal...
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and Pope. After Faroald, the Lombard duke of Spoleto, captured Classis, the port of Ravenna, Droctulf recaptured it for the Empire in 575–76. He was briefly...
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two-berth cruise terminal and expected to be completed Spring 2024. From classis, Latin "fleet". Van Wyen, Adrian O. (1969). Naval Aviation in World War...
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Classiarii (from Latin Classis = fleet) referred to all military personnel (from the highest rank of Praefectus classis, to the simplest rank of miles...
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Misenensis – Senior fleet of the imperial Roman navy Classis Ravennas – Roman fleet based at Ravenna The Roman origin of the area is confirmed from the...
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led them into the south. In 579, he sacked Classis, the harbour of Ravenna. Between 584 and 588, Classis was retaken by Droctulf. His sons fought over...
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Smaragdus (redirect from Smaragdus, Exarch of Ravenna)
military achievement during his first reign was the recovery of Classis, the port of Ravenna, from the Lombards in 588. Smaragdus was also known for his violence...
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name of the Emperor Hadrian, while ‘Classica’ is derived from the Latin classis ‘fleet’, suggesting that the soldiers were recruited from the fleet in...
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deterring piracy. Rome maintained two large fleets, the Classis Praetoria Misenensis and Classis Praetoria Ravennatis based in the Mediterranean with smaller...
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placed in charge of detachments of the praetorian fleets of Misenum and Ravenna and also of African and Moorish cavalry used for scouting duties in Pannonia...
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54th pope. Ecclesius, bishop of Ravenna, commissions two new churches, one for Ravenna and one for its port, Classis. c. 526–547 – Sanctuary apse's mosaic...
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Minervia and XXX Ulpia Victrix were the most permanent. The Roman Navy's Classis Germanica (Germanic fleet), charged with patrolling the Rhine and the North...
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beyond the Po River (Northern Italy). The Lombards take "Classis", the strategic seaport of Ravenna, and overrun the Pentapolis. Arab–Khazar War: The Khazars...
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