Charlemagne's silver tables: the ideology of an imperial capital
Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis
Charlemagne's last will and testament says that a silver table with picture of Constantinople was to be sent St Peter's at Rome, Rome the bishopric Ravenna. The imagery on these tables seems reflect late antique tradition depicting pairs cities; pairings Rome–Constantinople Rome–Ravenna offer insights into importance Ravenna for imperial ideology, specifically how functioned as model Charle-magne's capital Aachen.
Early Medieval Europe