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
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 Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
Their king, Gundobad, a man somewhat older than Theodoric, had once interfered zealously in the politics of Italy, making and unmaking Emperors and striking for Odovacar against his Ostrogothic rival.
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Thomas Hodgkin
These disturbing elements being cleared away, we may now turn our attention to the true key of the position and the central event of the war, the siege of Odovacar in Ravenna.
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Thomas Hodgkin
This is one of the passages which make me somewhat doubtful whether we are not too confident in our denial of the title "King of Italy" to Odovacar and Theodoric.
From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Thomas Hodgkin
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