Odoacer
Americannoun
noun
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Traditionally, though, the end of the empire is fixed at 476, when a German general named Odoacer deposed the emperor Romulus Augustulus and established himself not as a Roman emperor but as King of Italy.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
In 493, Odoacer was deposed and killed by a different Ostrogothic king, Theodoric, but the link with Constantinople remained intact.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Odoacer, the general who deposed Romulus Augustulus, well knew that a state which had its military service all Barbarian and its civil service all Roman could not stand firm.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
Odoacer refused, and proclaimed himself king in Italy, while still affecting—against Zeno's own will—to recognize the Constantinopolitan emperor as his suzerain.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
A loyal supporter of Theodoric, he follows his master, when threatened by Odoacer, to the court of Attila.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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