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Rimini (/ ˈ r ɪ m ɪ n i / RIM-in-ee, Italian: ⓘ; Romagnol: Rémin or Rémne; Latin: Ariminum [3]) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.. Sprawling along the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is situated at a strategically-important north-south passage along the coast at the southern tip of the Po Valley.
The Council of Ariminum, also known as the Council of Rimini, was an early Christian church synod in Ariminum, modern-day Rimini, in 359. Called by Roman Emperor Constantius II to resolve the Arian controversy , the Council of Ariminum for western bishops paralleled the Council of Seleucia for eastern bishops.
The siege of Ariminum (Italian: Assedio di Ariminum), also known as the siege of Rimini (Assedio di Rimini), [1] was an encounter in the Gothic War between Byzantine forces under Belisarius and John and an Ostrogothic force in 538 AD. [1] [2] In March 538, [3] John captured Ariminum (present-day Rimini) to entice the Goths to lift the siege of ...
Porta Montanara was constructed in the first century BC. Its construction is attributed to the city's fortification after Sulla's civil war. [1] [2] The Roman colonia of Ariminum (modern-day Rimini) was initially controlled by Sulla's opponents, [1] [7] and briefly sheltered Gnaeus Papirius Carbo in 82 BC. [7]
The arch was built in 27 BC, commissioned by the Roman Senate in honour of Augustus, who had become the first Roman emperor in the same year. It was built at the northern end of the Via Flaminia, [2] [3] a Roman road between Ariminum (modern Rimini) and Rome constructed in 220 BC by Gaius Flaminius, [3] [4] and at the start of Ariminum 's decumanus maximus (Corso d'Augusto). [11]
Ariminum (modern Rimini) was founded as an ancient Roman colonia in 268 BC, when the Roman Senate sent 6,000 settlers to the bank of the river Ariminus (). [27] Construction of the Ponte di Tiberio started during the reign of Roman emperor Augustus in 14 AD and finished under his successor, Augustus' adoptive son Tiberius, in 21 AD.
268 BCE – Ariminum becomes a Roman colony. [1] 27 BCE – Arch of Augustus erected. [1] 313 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Rimini established; [2] Stemnio becomes bishop. [1] 538 – Rimini besieged by Goth forces. [3] 1157 – Rimini granted "right of self-government." [3] 1216 – Rimini "worsted by Cesena." [3] 1237 – Giovanni ...
Ariminum's capture meant that the Romans had effectively cut Italy in two, but in addition, the city was barely a day's march away from the Gothic capital of Ravenna. Thus, at the news of Ariminum's fall, Vitiges decided to withdraw in all haste towards his capital. 374 days after the siege had begun, the Goths burned their camps and abandoned ...