• 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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  • 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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    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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