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Fall of the Western Roman Empire

Odoacer, a Germanic chieftain, formally deposes Emperor Romulus Augustulus in the imperial throne room, marking the symbolic end of the Western Roman Empire. Romulus, a young and powerless figurehead,

Year 476
Date 9/4
Location Imperial Palace, Rome, Italy
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Visibility HIDDEN
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Key Figures

Odoacer Romulus Augustulus Germanic Captain Roman Courtier Germanic Warrior
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 148 linked moments

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Deposition of Romulus Augustulus
476 · contemporaneous
O
Odoacer is proclaimed King of Italy
476 · contemporaneous
F
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
476 · contemporaneous
D
Deposition of Romulus Augustulus
476 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Emperor Vespasian
79 · same location
Death of Otto II
Death of Otto II
983 · same location
D
Deposition of Romulus Augustulus
476 · contemporaneous
O
Odoacer is proclaimed King of Italy
476 · contemporaneous
F
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
476 · contemporaneous
D
Deposition of Romulus Augustulus
476 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Pope Hilarius
468 · same era
D
Death of Pope Hilarius
468 · follows
D
Death of Emperor Vespasian
79 · same location
Death of Otto II
Death of Otto II
983 · same location
A
Accession of Emperor Titus
79 · same location
D
Death of Claudius
54 · same location
D
Death of Emperor Antoninus Pius
161 · same location
A
Accession of Nero
54 · same location
A
Adoption of Antoninus Pius by Hadrian
138 · same location
Death of Emperor Claudius
Death of Emperor Claudius
54 · same location
A
Assassination of Pertinax
193 · same location
B
Birth of Germanicus
15 BC · same location
A
Adoption of Antoninus Pius by Hadrian
138 · same location
B
Birth of Commodus
161 · same location
D
Death of Pertinax
193 · same location
A
Adoption of Antoninus Pius by Hadrian
138 · same location
A
Adoption of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus by Antoninus Pius
138 · same location
D
Death of Antoninus Pius
161 · same location
E
Execution of Britannicus
55 · same location
D
Death of Lucius Aelius Caesar
138 · same location
A
Accession of Emperor Domitian
81 · same location
D
Death of Claudius
54 · same location
D
Death of Emperor Titus
81 · same location
D
Death of Antoninus Pius
161 · same location
B
Birth of Commodus
161 · same location
A
Adoption of Tiberius by Augustus
4 · same location