In the chaos of a crumbling Roman Empire, two of the world’s most remarkable cities came to life, near neighbors in the northeast corner of the Italian peninsula. Both Venice and Ravenna owe their existence directly to Rome’s eclipse, miraculous proof of the human capacity to create order from the most devastating disorder. In the ensuing centuries, the…
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