Classe Archeological Park

• The Classe Archeological Park is located on the old harbour of Classe, located 2.5 miles (4km) from Ravenna.
• It holds the Ruins of the Roman Naval Base of the Classis Ravennas which controlled the Adriatic.

Classis Ravennas

• The Latin for Fleet was Classis. The Classis Ravennas was the Fleet of the Roman Navy based at Classe, Ravenna, which employed 10,000 men and a large fleet of war galleys.
• The Harbour could accommodate 250 ships, according to Jordanes, writing in the 6th century CE, who was quoting Dio Cassius from the 3rd century CE.

Classe

• Classe (meaning ‘Fleet’), is the name of the Harbour which was the home to the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet.

Fossa Augusta

• The Fossa Augusta was a Roman Canal, which connected the Harbour at Classe to the River Po Delta, its surrounding lagoons and the Adriatic.

Military Expeditions known to have set off from Classe

• Trajan’s Dacian Wars (101-106 CE)
• Trajan’s Parthian War (111-114 CE)
• Lucius Verus‘ Roman Parthian War (161-166 CE)

Classe, Ravenna