Search results

Smaragdus (Greek: Σμαράγδος, translit. Smarágdos) was Exarch of Ravenna from 585 to 589 and again from 603 to 611. During his first tenure, Smaragdus...

centuries, the territories under the jurisdiction of the exarch of Italy (exarchus Italiae) resident in Ravenna. The term is used in historiography in a double...

translit. Rōmanós; died 596 or 597) was Exarch of Ravenna from 589 until 596 or 597. Prior to being appointed Exarch, Romanus won a victory against the future...

Callinicus (Greek: Καλλίνικος, translit. Kallínikos) was the exarch of Ravenna from 597 until 602 or 603. He is called Gallicinus, or Gallicini patricii...

 Iōánnēs; died 615) was Exarch of Ravenna from 611 until his death in 615. John was made Exarch of Ravenna in 611, to replace Smaragdus. He seems to have avoided...

Δέκιος, translit. Dékios) was Exarch of Ravenna from October 584 to 585. He is thought to have been the first exarch of Ravenna, although some believe that...

Atop the column's capital was erected by Smaragdus, the Exarch of Ravenna, a "dazzling" gilded statue of Phocas (which probably only briefly stood there)...

secure large parts of Northern Italy at first, eventually conquering the Exarchate of Ravenna in 750. The Lombards began the invasion of Northern Italy on...

the Balkans Smaragdus Smbat IV Bagratuni Smilets of Bulgaria Smiltsena Palaiologina Smolyani Smyrna Smyrna, Metropolis of Solachon, Battle of Solomon (magister...