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Odoacer. Odoacer [a] ( / ˌoʊdoʊˈeɪsər / OH-doh-AY-sər; [b] c. 433 – 15 March 493 AD), also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, [c] was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became the ruler of Italy (476–493). Odoacer's overthrow of Romulus Augustulus is ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Odoacer (born c. 433—died March 15, 493, Ravenna) was the first barbarian king of Italy. The date on which he assumed power, 476, is traditionally considered the end of the Western Roman Empire. Odoacer was a German warrior, the son of Idico (Edeco) and probably a member of the Sciri tribe. About 470 he entered Italy with the Sciri; he joined ...
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Sep 20, 2014 · Odoacer (433-493 CE, reigned 476-493 CE) also known as Odovacar, Flavius Odoacer, and Flavius Odovacer, was the first king of Italy. His reign marked the end of the Roman Empire; he deposed the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, on 4 September 476 CE. He was a soldier in the Roman army who ascended through the ranks to general and was then ...
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His first military campaigns went great when he conquered Dalmatia in 480 AD and most of that region, but soon, Odoacer entered the conflict that sealed his fate. Theodoric the Great, leader of the Ostrogoths, had long coveted control of Italy under Odoacer’s rule. Tensions lead to full conflict. Theodoric’s ambition to seize Italy reached ...
Odoacer's overthrow of Romulus Augustulus is traditionally understood as marking the end of the Western Roman Empire. Odoacer, also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became the ruler of Italy (476–493).
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 ...
Flavius Odoacer (433–493) was a soldier, probably of Scirian descent, who in 476 became the first King of Italy (476–493). His reign is commonly seen as marking the end of the Western Roman Empire. Though the real power in Italy was in his hands, he represented himself as the client of Julius Nepos and, after Nepos’s death in 480, of the ...
