Odovacar
Americannoun
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 himself, again a fugitive, sped across the plain south-eastward to Ravenna, compelled like so many Roman Emperors before him to shelter himself from the invader behind its untraversable network of rivers and canals.
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas
The old Imperial machinery of government was Page 106 taken over by the new ruler, and in all outward appearance things probably went on under King Odovacar much as they had done under Count Ricimer.
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas
In the beginning of 493 the misery of the besieged city became unendurable, and Odovacar, with infinite reluctance, began to negotiate for its surrender.
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas
In 488 A. D. the position of Odovacar in Italy was challenged by Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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