In my beginning is my end (T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, East Coker, I)

5th century BC 6th century AD 16th century 16th – 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century and beyond

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Ravenna! The Italian jewel of Byzantium – Part I: San Vitale

Today I visit Ravenna, a sleepy small town near the Adriatic Coast. Ravenna became the seat of Byzantine government in

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