Odoacer
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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
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.
From The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire by Vine, W. E.
It was an easy matter to defeat the unstable Odoacer, and the Latins made no resistance.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
In 488 a.d. it occurred to Zeno to offer Theodoric the government of Italy, if he would conquer it from Odoacer.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
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