Odoacer

American

[oh-doh-ey-ser] / ˌoʊ doʊˈeɪ sər /

noun

a.d. 434?–493, first barbarian ruler of Italy 476–493.

Odoacer British

/ ˌɒdəˈeɪsə, ˌəʊdəˈvɑːkə /

noun

?434–493 _ad , barbarian ruler of Italy (476–493); assassinated by Theodoric

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When Hildebrand followed his master, Theodoric the Great, who was fleeing eastwards before Odoacer, he left his young wife and an infant child behind him.

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In 476 the last Emperor was deposed by Odoacer, the king of the Heruli, a tribe which, issuing from the shores of the Baltic, made successful inroads into Italy and occupied much of the country.

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Towards the close of the fifth century, a tribe of Goths, called Heruli, led by their king Odoacer, put an end to the Western Empire, a.d.

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By 493 Ravenna was taken; Odoacer was killed by Theodoric’s own hand; and the East Gothic power was fully established over Italy, Sicily, Dalmatia and the lands to the north of Italy.

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Odoacer refused, and proclaimed himself king in Italy, while still affecting—against Zeno's own will—to recognize the Constantinopolitan emperor as his suzerain.

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