Guida a Classis museo della citta` e del territorio

This guide reproduces the structure of exhibition, organised around what we have called the timeline, that is, the long story of the main phases of the history of the city: starting with the pre-Roman era, when Etruscans and Umbri joined forces to gain control of the seaport and the inland territory; moving on to the Roman era, when the port became the home of the imperial fleet; and thence to when Ravenna became the capital of the Western Roman Empire, the seat of Theodoric’s kingdom; and finally, following the conquest by Justinian, when the city experienced the extraordinary Byzantine phase, through to the Longobard conquest.
Alongside this timeline, there are some thematic focuses: “Ravenna and the sea”, the Basilica of San Severo, “Praying in Ravenna”, and “Living in Ravenna”.
Giuseppe Sassatelli