Odovacar
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noun
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But the Ro mans made the mistake of recruiting Germans for their legions, and the leader of one of these fifth columns, Odovacar the Goth, overthrew the Roman Empire in 476.
From Time Magazine Archive
Odovacar emerged thence, won back the lower valley of the Po, and marching on Milan, inflicted heavy punishment on the city, for the welcome given to Theodoric.
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Thomas Hodgkin
This messenger, more successful than his predecessor, "made peace with Anastasius concerning Theodoric's premature assumption of royalty, and brought back all the ornaments of the palace which Odovacar had transmitted to Constantinople".
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Thomas Hodgkin
Frederic the Rugian, joins Odovacar and Tufa, 120.
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Thomas Hodgkin
In Italy, Odovacar had maintained the Roman administrative system in its entirety and Theoderic continued his policy.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
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