Ravenna Cosmography

The "Ravenna Cosmography" is a 7th-century document that lists geographical features and places across the Roman Empire and beyond. It details islands in the Atlantic and locations in Asia, Africa, and Europe. This work is a type of itinerarium, which were Roman travel guides listing towns, villages, and mail stations with distances between them.1

While the Tabula Peutingeriana is the only surviving Roman map, it is a 13th-century copy of a Roman world map. The Antonine Itinerary, from the 4th century, is another surviving manual that provides lists of geographic names and distances, aiding in the reconstruction of Roman roads. The city of Ravenna itself was historically significant as the capital of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century.123