Nicetas (Bishop of Aquileia)
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Nicetas was the archbishop of Aquileia in the mid-5th century.
In 452 he temporarily moved from Aquileia
to the island of Grado
, as the island was safer from attacks by groups moving west from the Eurasian Steppe
into the former lands of the Roman Empire
.
In 452 he temporarily moved from Aquileia
Aquileia
Aquileia is an ancient Roman city in what is now Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 10 km from the sea, on the river Natiso , the course of which has changed somewhat since Roman times...
to the island of Grado
Grado, Italy
Grado is a town and comune in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located on a peninsula of the Adriatic Sea between Venice and Trieste....
, as the island was safer from attacks by groups moving west from the Eurasian Steppe
Eurasian Steppe
The Eurasian Steppe is the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia in the Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Biome. It stretches from Hungary to Mongolia...
into the former lands of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
.