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The one possible piece of information about Romulus after his deposition comes from an official letter from King Theoderic of the Ostrogoths (and the ruler of Italy) to a certain Romulus in 507 or 511. The letter says very little, only confirming a previous grant to this Romulus and his mother. Nor can we be sure that this Romulus is Romulus ...
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The West, separated from the East, could not long survive the incessant barbarian invasions. The Visigoth Alaric sacked Rome in 410 A.D. and, in 476 A.D., the German Odovacer advanced on the city and deposed Romulus Augustulus (r. 475–476 A.D.), commonly known as the last Roman emperor of the West.
Oct 13, 2022 · Odoacer was a Germanic soldier in the Roman army who in 476 became the first King of Italy. At the time, Rome used many mercenary armies from other nations, called foederati, who with the rise of Emperor Augustulus became frustrated by their treatment and status. These armies, led by Odoacer, revolted against Emperor Augustulus and deposed him ...
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The Western Empire included Iberia, France, southern Britain, Italy, North Africa and parts of Germany. The Eastern Empire included the Balkans, Turkey, the Levant and Egypt . Rome ceased to be the capital from the time of the division. In 286, the capital of the Western Roman Empire became Mediolanum (now Milan ).
A Germanic general that took control, overthrowing the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus. He was eventually killed by visigoths. A Germanic tribe living within the boundaries of the Roman Empire, they asked Eastern Rome for protection against the Huns.
