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Why was Ravenna an important Roman city?

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Ravenna was an important Roman city since it possessed one good port site on the northeastern coast of Italy.
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Ravenna was important in history as the capital of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century ad and later (6th–8th century) of Ostrogothic and Byzantine Italy.

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It came under Roman control in 191 bc and soon became important because it possessed one of the few good port sites on the northeastern coast of Italy.

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