RavennaA glorious history of the jewel like city on the Adriatic, which was a melting pot of Greek, Latin, Christian, and barbarian culture. Winner of the 2020 Duff Cooper Prize. 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, easily defendable city in the Po estuary Ravenna. From then until 751