Pentapolis (Italy)

Exarchate of Ravenna with the cities of the Pentapolis (red)

The Pentapolis (Gr. "Five Cities") was part of the Exarchate of Ravenna in the early Middle Ages .

There were different definitions of this Pentapolis at different times. This always includes five cities on the western Adriatic coast in today's regions of Marche , Emilia-Romagna and / or Umbria of Italy.

The cities of the so-called Pentapoli marittima were:

• Rimini
• Pesaro
• Fano
• Senigallia
• Ancona

literature

• Ettore Baldetti: La pentapoli bizantina d'Italia tra Romania e Langobardia . In: Atti e Memorie della Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Marche 104 (999), Ancona 2003.
• Wilhelm Kölmel: The imperial rule in the area of ​​Ravenna (Exarchate and Pentapolis) before the investiture dispute (10th / 11th century) . In: Historisches Jahrbuch , vol. 88 (1968), pp. 257–299.