Odoacer
5th-century Germanic soldier and monarch of Italy (476–493)
b. c. 433 · d. 15 Mar 493
Odoacer, also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who was an officer of the Roman army and deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus to become the ruler of Italy (476–493). This event is traditionally understood as marking the end of the Western Roman Empire.
Related people
- Evochildis of Cologne parent of · traditional
Events
Places
- Pannonia Prima birth
- Ravenna death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- The Early Church 1 claim — Deposition of Romulus Augustulus