How to use Odoacer in a sentence
Odoacer maintained most of the structures of the Roman government during the nearly 17 years he controlled the state.
Rome Didn't Fall When You Think It Did. Here's Why That Fabricated History Still Matters Today | Edward J. Watts | October 6, 2021 | TimeAlthough everyone from schoolchildren to scholars now learn that the Western Roman Empire fell in 476, 5th century Romans did not see anything particularly special about Odoacer’s coup.
Rome Didn't Fall When You Think It Did. Here's Why That Fabricated History Still Matters Today | Edward J. Watts | October 6, 2021 | TimeFor 1,500 years, Odoacer’s coup has concluded a cautionary tale about how barbarian commanders in the Roman army ended Rome’s empire.
Rome Didn't Fall When You Think It Did. Here's Why That Fabricated History Still Matters Today | Edward J. Watts | October 6, 2021 | TimeThe Constantinopolitan chronicler Marcellinus Comes would write in the 510s that when “Odoacer, king of the Goths, took control of Rome” the “Western Empire of the Roman people … perished.”
Rome Didn't Fall When You Think It Did. Here's Why That Fabricated History Still Matters Today | Edward J. Watts | October 6, 2021 | TimeLiberius was promoted to the office of Prtorian prfect for his unshaken fidelity to the unfortunate cause of Odoacer.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward Gibbon
Liberius was promoted to the office of Praetorian praefect for his unshaken fidelity to the unfortunate cause of Odoacer.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward GibbonOdoacer passed the Adriatic, to chastise the assassins of the emperor Nepos, and to acquire the maritime province of Dalmatia.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward GibbonAs soon as Odoacer had extinguished the Western empire, he sought the friendship of the most powerful of the Barbarians.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward GibbonOdoacer's monarchy was not more oppressive than those of his neighbours in Gaul, Spain, and Africa.
The Holy Roman Empire | James Bryce
British Dictionary definitions for Odoacer
Odovacar (ˌəʊdəˈvɑːkə)
/ (ˌɒdəˈeɪsə) /
?434–493 ad, barbarian ruler of Italy (476–493); assassinated by Theodoric
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