![]() From a modern perspective, this is regarded as the definitive end of the Western Empire, and, depending on who you ask, both the original Roman civilization and the classical era itself. They seized the city of Rome and all of the few territories still under its direct rule and proclaimed their leader, Odoacer, rex Italiae - King of Italy. ![]() In the year 476 AD, the foederati mercenaries that had come to comprise the majority of the Western Roman military rebelled against the newly-installed child Emperor, the unfortunately-named Romulus Augustus, after his father Orestes refused to grant them permanent land in Italy in recognition of their service. ![]()
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