Odoacer
5th-century Germanic soldier and monarch of Italy (476–493)
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Deposed a kid emperor and claimed Italy in 476, basically ending the Western Roman Empire's run. Odoacer spent his reign consolidating power as a barbarian general turned ruler until his own overthrow in 493.
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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). Odoacer's overthrow of Romulus Augustulus is traditionally understood as marking the end of the Western Roman Empire.
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