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Popular Protest in Late Antique Ravenna
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10 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2013
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(Nicole) When many people think of Late Antique society, they think of powerful secular and ecclesiastical rulers; mighty emperors and archbishops. While the Archbishop of Ravenna certainly was a powerful person within the city, answering in theory only to the emperors' representative, the exarch, he had his fair share of problems with both the lay people of Ravenna and even his clergy! Find out more about the archbishop and exarch's struggles.
Released:
Sep 7, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
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