Roman & Byzantine Ravenna

Roman & Byzantine Ravenna Overview

Journey to the 'city of mosaics', in the company of Andrew Wilson, for a five-day tour brimming with some of the most impressive early Christian monuments in the world.

Today a small, tranquil town of cobbled streets, Ravenna was once one of the Mediterranean’s most illustrious cities. The final capital of the Western Roman Empire, Ravenna served as the seat of Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, before the Byzantines transformed the city into one of Europe’s foremost centres of art and culture. This tour will be led by Andrew Wilson, BA, BD, FSAScot. Andrew studied archaeology then theology before working overseas as an archaeologist, specialising in Roman frontier systems and Byzantine mosaics.