The name of Riccione in its archaic form appears in Codice Bavaro, a papyrus manuscript issued by arcibishopric, that recalls properties and donations of the Church of Ravenna in Pentapoli, a territory Riccione was a part of in the Byzantine epoche.

There are references to Arcioni in the Code. There are also lots of hypotesis with regard to the origins of the city’s name.
Among those most appealing is one that brings back the word “Arkeion”, carried to Italy by Byzantines and reffering to a plant that grew spontaneusly on Riccione’s beaches. It was used as a medicine curing raucousnesss, cough, ulcers and arthritis.
Another reference is made to the word “arcione”, cavalryman saddle: actually on the Flaminia Street, Roman road from year 220, existed a rest and horse-changing station.