Classis Ravennatis

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Roman imperial fleet military unit of the Roman Empire

Classis Ravennatis was a major imperial Roman fleet based at Ravenna that served as one of the empire’s principal naval forces in the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Classis Ravennatis canonical	2
Classis Ravennas	1
classis Ravennatis	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman imperial fleet ⓘ military unit of the Roman Empire ⓘ
activeDuring	1st century AD ⓘ 2nd century AD ⓘ 3rd century AD ⓘ 4th century AD ⓘ 5th century AD ⓘ
associatedWith	port of Classe ⓘ
basedIn	Ravenna ⓘ
commandStructure	under a praefectus classis ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
era	Imperial Roman period ⓘ
function	control of sea routes to the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ defense of the Italian coast ⓘ
garrison	Ravenna ⓘ
historicalRegion	Italia (Roman province) ⓘ surface form: Roman Italy
languageOfCommand	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Adriatic Sea ⓘ surface form: Adriatic Sea region Italy ⓘ
militaryBranch	naval forces ⓘ
navalBaseType	permanent fleet base ⓘ
notableFeature	one of the two main Italian imperial fleets alongside the Classis Misenensis ⓘ
operatedBy	Roman navy ⓘ
partOf	Roman army ⓘ surface form: Roman imperial armed forces Roman navy ⓘ surface form: Roman navy of the Principate
primaryTheater	Adriatic Sea ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
protected	maritime trade routes in the northern Adriatic ⓘ sea approaches to Ravenna ⓘ
role	escort and convoy protection ⓘ maritime security ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ transport of troops and supplies ⓘ
stationedNear	Adriatic coast of Italy ⓘ
status	disbanded ⓘ
strategicImportance	one of the main fleets of the Roman Empire ⓘ principal Roman fleet in the Adriatic ⓘ
supported	imperial communications between Italy and the East ⓘ
supportedGovernment	Roman emperors ⓘ
typeOfVessels	oared warships ⓘ transport ships ⓘ
usedFor	imperial military campaigns ⓘ rapid deployment of troops along the coasts ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman navy → hadUnit → Classis Ravennatis ⓘ

Classis Misenensis → contemporaryWith → Classis Ravennatis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classis Ravennas

praefectus classis → commandedUnit → Classis Ravennatis ⓘ

this entity surface form: classis Ravennatis

Legio II Adiutrix → originalRecruitmentRegion → Classis Ravennatis ⓘ